UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.83 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
609 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
11.9%
Fossil Fuels
81.8%
Biomass 512 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,132 MW 35.0%
Coal 24,140 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 581 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,818 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 7,970 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,030 MW 2.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,151 MW 4.2%