UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 12:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.29 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.4%
Low Carbon
11.4%
Fossil Fuels
82.3%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,660 MW 35.7%
Coal 24,239 MW 46.4%
Hydroelectric 681 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,600 MW -5.0%
Nuclear 8,009 MW 15.3%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 531 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,132 MW 4.1%