UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 15, 2012 at 5:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.47 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
547 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
7.5%
Low Carbon
19.6%
Fossil Fuels
73.0%
Biomass 455 MW 0.9%
CCGT 16,792 MW 33.3%
Coal 20,020 MW 39.7%
Hydroelectric 729 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -316 MW -0.6%
Nuclear 8,710 MW 17.3%
OCGT 24 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,476 MW 2.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,580 MW 5.1%