UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 10, 2012 at 3:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
49.66 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
625 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.9%
Low Carbon
13.6%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 16,755 MW 33.7%
Coal 24,069 MW 48.5%
Hydroelectric 468 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,140 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 8,456 MW 17.0%
OCGT 140 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 428 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 977 MW 2.0%