UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:35 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.56 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
606 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.4%
Low Carbon
12.4%
Fossil Fuels
81.2%
Biomass 524 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,788 MW 34.5%
Coal 23,950 MW 46.4%
Hydroelectric 588 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,822 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 7,960 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,231 MW 2.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,213 MW 4.3%