UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:25 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.96 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
611 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.4%
Low Carbon
11.5%
Fossil Fuels
82.1%
Biomass 505 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,295 MW 35.2%
Coal 24,225 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 589 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,818 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 7,966 MW 15.3%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 852 MW 1.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,210 MW 4.3%