UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:50 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.70 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
619 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.8%
Low Carbon
12.0%
Fossil Fuels
81.1%
Biomass 524 MW 1.1%
CCGT 15,409 MW 31.6%
Coal 23,959 MW 49.2%
Hydroelectric 515 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 960 MW 2.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,296 MW 4.7%