UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:55 p.m. GMT

Total Production
56.34 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
597 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.4%
Low Carbon
15.9%
Fossil Fuels
80.7%
Biomass 600 MW 1.1%
CCGT 21,015 MW 37.3%
Coal 23,401 MW 41.5%
Hydroelectric 815 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -166 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,593 MW 13.5%
OCGT 25 MW 0.0%
Oil 1,006 MW 1.8%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,556 MW 2.8%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 498 MW 0.9%