UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 7, 2012 at 6:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
54.75 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
594 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.1%
Low Carbon
13.0%
Fossil Fuels
81.9%
Biomass 510 MW 0.9%
CCGT 20,789 MW 38.0%
Coal 24,014 MW 43.9%
Hydroelectric 915 MW 1.7%
Interconnects -2,562 MW -4.7%
Nuclear 7,931 MW 14.5%
OCGT 22 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,775 MW 3.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,356 MW 2.5%