UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:20 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.89 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
610 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.4%
Low Carbon
11.6%
Fossil Fuels
82.1%
Biomass 503 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,234 MW 35.1%
Coal 24,209 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 589 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,818 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 7,963 MW 15.3%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 870 MW 1.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,207 MW 4.3%