UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:15 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.31 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
603 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.4%
Low Carbon
15.5%
Fossil Fuels
81.1%
Biomass 606 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,434 MW 36.9%
Coal 23,400 MW 42.3%
Hydroelectric 787 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -146 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,594 MW 13.7%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 866 MW 1.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,131 MW 2.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 482 MW 0.9%