UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
56.44 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
597 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.4%
Low Carbon
15.9%
Fossil Fuels
80.7%
Biomass 599 MW 1.1%
CCGT 21,003 MW 37.2%
Coal 23,390 MW 41.4%
Hydroelectric 821 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -146 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,599 MW 13.5%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 999 MW 1.8%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,524 MW 2.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 490 MW 0.9%