UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
56.59 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
588 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.3%
Low Carbon
18.1%
Fossil Fuels
78.6%
Biomass 604 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,322 MW 35.9%
Coal 23,463 MW 41.5%
Hydroelectric 774 MW 1.4%
Interconnects 1,054 MW 1.9%
Nuclear 7,721 MW 13.6%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 551 MW 1.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,453 MW 2.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 491 MW 0.9%