UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 12:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.55 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
608 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
12.0%
Fossil Fuels
81.7%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,619 MW 35.4%
Coal 24,193 MW 46.0%
Hydroelectric 661 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,600 MW -4.9%
Nuclear 8,049 MW 15.3%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 862 MW 1.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,124 MW 4.0%