UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.75 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
613 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
11.3%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,286 MW 35.3%
Coal 24,289 MW 46.9%
Hydroelectric 603 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,918 MW -5.6%
Nuclear 8,016 MW 15.5%
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 2,095 MW 4.0%