UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 10, 2012 at 4:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.50 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
4.2%
Low Carbon
11.9%
Fossil Fuels
83.8%
Biomass 513 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,591 MW 36.8%
Coal 23,750 MW 47.0%
Hydroelectric 626 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,260 MW -6.5%
Nuclear 8,450 MW 16.7%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 825 MW 1.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,005 MW 2.0%