UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.06 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
606 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.5%
Low Carbon
11.7%
Fossil Fuels
81.8%
Biomass 520 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,747 MW 34.8%
Coal 23,887 MW 46.8%
Hydroelectric 592 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,258 MW -6.4%
Nuclear 7,962 MW 15.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,274 MW 2.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,202 MW 4.3%