UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 12:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.54 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
609 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
11.7%
Fossil Fuels
82.0%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,754 MW 35.7%
Coal 24,217 MW 46.1%
Hydroelectric 663 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,600 MW -4.9%
Nuclear 8,038 MW 15.3%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 707 MW 1.3%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,124 MW 4.0%