UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:10 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.72 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
608 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.7%
Low Carbon
11.5%
Fossil Fuels
81.8%
Biomass 505 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,496 MW 34.5%
Coal 23,883 MW 47.1%
Hydroelectric 586 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,258 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,954 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,119 MW 2.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,301 MW 4.5%