UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 10:55 a.m. GMT

Total Production
52.03 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
611 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.1%
Low Carbon
11.4%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 470 MW 0.9%
CCGT 18,621 MW 35.8%
Coal 24,188 MW 46.5%
Hydroelectric 598 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,912 MW -5.6%
Nuclear 8,016 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 818 MW 1.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,098 MW 4.0%