UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:50 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.73 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
607 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.4%
Low Carbon
12.2%
Fossil Fuels
81.4%
Biomass 518 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,902 MW 34.6%
Coal 24,089 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 586 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,822 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 7,967 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,154 MW 2.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,203 MW 4.3%