UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 6, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
49.64 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
634 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.1%
Low Carbon
12.5%
Fossil Fuels
85.4%
Biomass 472 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,671 MW 37.6%
Coal 23,720 MW 47.8%
Hydroelectric 508 MW 1.0%
Interconnects -1,994 MW -4.0%
Nuclear 7,929 MW 16.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 288 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 42 MW 0.1%