UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 13, 2012 at 7:40 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.30 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
622 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.2%
Low Carbon
12.7%
Fossil Fuels
84.2%
Biomass 613 MW 1.3%
CCGT 17,962 MW 37.2%
Coal 22,691 MW 47.0%
Hydroelectric 229 MW 0.5%
Interconnects -1,844 MW -3.8%
Nuclear 7,638 MW 15.8%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 322 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 690 MW 1.4%