UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 1:10 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.11 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.7%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
83.1%
Biomass 508 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,962 MW 36.4%
Coal 24,224 MW 46.5%
Hydroelectric 461 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,694 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,041 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 489 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,982 MW 3.8%