UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.91 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
593 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.3%
Low Carbon
18.0%
Fossil Fuels
78.6%
Biomass 604 MW 1.1%
CCGT 19,615 MW 35.1%
Coal 23,413 MW 41.9%
Hydroelectric 745 MW 1.3%
Interconnects 972 MW 1.7%
Nuclear 7,696 MW 13.8%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 786 MW 1.4%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,408 MW 2.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 516 MW 0.9%