UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:15 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.84 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
610 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
81.9%
Biomass 502 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,175 MW 35.1%
Coal 24,165 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 590 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,818 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 7,967 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 943 MW 1.8%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,187 MW 4.2%