UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:20 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.67 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
610 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.6%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
82.2%
Biomass 519 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,564 MW 34.7%
Coal 23,950 MW 47.3%
Hydroelectric 586 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,258 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,960 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 963 MW 1.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,249 MW 4.4%