UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 12:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.18 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
608 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.2%
Low Carbon
11.7%
Fossil Fuels
82.1%
Biomass 506 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,728 MW 35.9%
Coal 23,978 MW 46.0%
Hydroelectric 667 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 737 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,071 MW 4.0%