UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.05 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
601 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.3%
Low Carbon
16.3%
Fossil Fuels
80.4%
Biomass 609 MW 1.1%
CCGT 19,825 MW 36.0%
Coal 23,391 MW 42.5%
Hydroelectric 750 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -146 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,636 MW 13.9%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 872 MW 1.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,480 MW 2.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 475 MW 0.9%