UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:35 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.84 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 506 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,398 MW 35.5%
Coal 24,216 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 590 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,912 MW -5.6%
Nuclear 7,993 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 742 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,173 MW 4.2%