UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 10, 2012 at 2:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.52 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
624 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.8%
Low Carbon
13.2%
Fossil Fuels
83.0%
Biomass 514 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,718 MW 35.1%
Coal 24,086 MW 47.7%
Hydroelectric 441 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,140 MW -4.2%
Nuclear 8,464 MW 16.8%
OCGT 140 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 333 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 964 MW 1.9%