UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 1:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.04 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
11.5%
Fossil Fuels
83.0%
Biomass 507 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,744 MW 36.0%
Coal 24,327 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 424 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,810 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 8,048 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 741 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,931 MW 3.7%