UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.45 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
590 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.2%
Low Carbon
17.6%
Fossil Fuels
79.2%
Biomass 610 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,086 MW 36.2%
Coal 23,438 MW 42.3%
Hydroelectric 712 MW 1.3%
Interconnects 204 MW 0.4%
Nuclear 7,726 MW 13.9%
OCGT 52 MW 0.1%
Oil 350 MW 0.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,817 MW 3.3%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 452 MW 0.8%