UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.09 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
601 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.3%
Low Carbon
16.2%
Fossil Fuels
80.5%
Biomass 598 MW 1.1%
CCGT 19,962 MW 36.2%
Coal 23,379 MW 42.4%
Hydroelectric 749 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -146 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,623 MW 13.8%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 857 MW 1.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,424 MW 2.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 481 MW 0.9%