UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 10, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.15 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
627 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.9%
Low Carbon
13.2%
Fossil Fuels
82.9%
Biomass 514 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,338 MW 34.6%
Coal 24,121 MW 48.1%
Hydroelectric 442 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,140 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 8,467 MW 16.9%
OCGT 140 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 287 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 985 MW 2.0%