UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.52 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
610 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
82.0%
Biomass 499 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,673 MW 35.6%
Coal 24,259 MW 46.2%
Hydroelectric 660 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,600 MW -5.0%
Nuclear 8,062 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 737 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,098 MW 4.0%