UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 7, 2012 at 1:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
49.45 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
637 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.1%
Low Carbon
10.8%
Fossil Fuels
86.1%
Biomass 460 MW 0.9%
CCGT 18,320 MW 37.0%
Coal 24,249 MW 49.0%
Hydroelectric 512 MW 1.0%
Interconnects -3,164 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,921 MW 16.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 595 MW 1.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 555 MW 1.1%