UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 1:15 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.16 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
83.2%
Biomass 508 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,964 MW 36.4%
Coal 24,318 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 427 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,694 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,042 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 502 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,956 MW 3.8%