UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:25 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.87 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
608 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.6%
Low Carbon
11.4%
Fossil Fuels
82.1%
Biomass 522 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,678 MW 34.7%
Coal 23,935 MW 47.0%
Hydroelectric 587 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,258 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,965 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,084 MW 2.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,227 MW 4.4%