UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 12:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.22 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
608 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
11.7%
Fossil Fuels
82.2%
Biomass 505 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,761 MW 35.9%
Coal 24,011 MW 46.0%
Hydroelectric 666 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,692 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,052 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 736 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,050 MW 3.9%