UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:45 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.64 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.9%
Low Carbon
12.5%
Fossil Fuels
80.6%
Biomass 525 MW 1.1%
CCGT 15,169 MW 31.2%
Coal 23,914 MW 49.2%
Hydroelectric 514 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -3,062 MW -6.3%
Nuclear 7,973 MW 16.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,182 MW 2.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,297 MW 4.7%