UK Electricity Production

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

Total Production
49.95 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
624 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
4.0%
Low Carbon
13.4%
Fossil Fuels
82.6%
Biomass 511 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,055 MW 34.1%
Coal 24,071 MW 48.2%
Hydroelectric 504 MW 1.0%
Interconnects -2,140 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 8,464 MW 16.9%
OCGT 140 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 355 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 988 MW 2.0%