UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 11:15 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.75 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
614 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
10.8%
Fossil Fuels
83.0%
Biomass 491 MW 0.9%
CCGT 18,615 MW 36.0%
Coal 24,215 MW 46.8%
Hydroelectric 606 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,918 MW -5.6%
Nuclear 8,011 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 501 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,099 MW 4.1%