UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:20 a.m. GMT

Total Production
49.89 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
7.1%
Low Carbon
11.5%
Fossil Fuels
81.4%
Biomass 525 MW 1.1%
CCGT 16,545 MW 33.2%
Coal 23,955 MW 48.0%
Hydroelectric 634 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -3,176 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,971 MW 16.0%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 941 MW 1.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,360 MW 4.7%