UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 11:25 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.71 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
10.7%
Fossil Fuels
83.1%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,551 MW 35.9%
Coal 24,266 MW 46.9%
Hydroelectric 606 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,918 MW -5.6%
Nuclear 8,004 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 464 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,097 MW 4.1%