UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:15 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.65 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
608 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.6%
Low Carbon
11.4%
Fossil Fuels
81.9%
Biomass 508 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,495 MW 34.5%
Coal 23,879 MW 47.1%
Hydroelectric 585 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,258 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,956 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,083 MW 2.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,272 MW 4.5%