UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 15, 2012 at 6:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.67 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
550 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.9%
Low Carbon
20.3%
Fossil Fuels
72.8%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 16,438 MW 32.4%
Coal 20,403 MW 40.3%
Hydroelectric 651 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -198 MW -0.4%
Nuclear 8,708 MW 17.2%
OCGT 24 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,789 MW 3.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,343 MW 4.6%