UK Electricity Production

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

Total Production
49.78 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
616 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.9%
Low Carbon
10.6%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 489 MW 1.0%
CCGT 16,958 MW 34.1%
Coal 23,974 MW 48.2%
Hydroelectric 636 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -3,258 MW -6.5%
Nuclear 7,983 MW 16.0%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 547 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,322 MW 4.7%