UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.13 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
83.3%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,976 MW 36.4%
Coal 24,333 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 425 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,694 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,044 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 470 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,931 MW 3.7%