UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 15, 2012 at 5:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
48.45 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
559 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
7.7%
Low Carbon
17.3%
Fossil Fuels
75.1%
Biomass 446 MW 0.9%
CCGT 16,501 MW 34.1%
Coal 19,847 MW 41.0%
Hydroelectric 727 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -1,144 MW -2.4%
Nuclear 8,720 MW 18.0%
OCGT 24 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 785 MW 1.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,544 MW 5.3%