UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 10, 2012 at 2:10 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.31 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
624 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.8%
Low Carbon
13.2%
Fossil Fuels
83.0%
Biomass 513 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,686 MW 35.2%
Coal 23,968 MW 47.6%
Hydroelectric 441 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,140 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 8,472 MW 16.8%
OCGT 107 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 304 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 957 MW 1.9%