UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
56.52 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
589 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.3%
Low Carbon
18.1%
Fossil Fuels
78.7%
Biomass 609 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,281 MW 35.9%
Coal 23,467 MW 41.5%
Hydroelectric 773 MW 1.4%
Interconnects 1,054 MW 1.9%
Nuclear 7,723 MW 13.7%
OCGT 158 MW 0.3%
Oil 548 MW 1.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,426 MW 2.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 476 MW 0.8%