UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:15 a.m. GMT

Total Production
49.69 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
613 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
7.1%
Low Carbon
11.6%
Fossil Fuels
81.3%
Biomass 525 MW 1.1%
CCGT 16,326 MW 32.9%
Coal 23,958 MW 48.2%
Hydroelectric 636 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -3,176 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,960 MW 16.0%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 959 MW 1.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,370 MW 4.8%