UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:45 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.96 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
82.6%
Biomass 499 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,532 MW 35.7%
Coal 24,229 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 593 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,912 MW -5.6%
Nuclear 8,010 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 735 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,142 MW 4.1%