UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.10 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
603 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.3%
Low Carbon
15.7%
Fossil Fuels
81.0%
Biomass 595 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,207 MW 36.7%
Coal 23,409 MW 42.5%
Hydroelectric 749 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -146 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,609 MW 13.8%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 857 MW 1.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,174 MW 2.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 483 MW 0.9%