UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:40 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.52 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
614 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.9%
Low Carbon
13.2%
Fossil Fuels
80.0%
Biomass 525 MW 1.1%
CCGT 14,865 MW 30.6%
Coal 23,813 MW 49.1%
Hydroelectric 514 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -3,062 MW -6.3%
Nuclear 7,969 MW 16.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,477 MW 3.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,289 MW 4.7%