UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 1:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.01 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.4%
Low Carbon
11.6%
Fossil Fuels
83.0%
Biomass 508 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,764 MW 36.1%
Coal 24,270 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 410 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,810 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 8,058 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 765 MW 1.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,914 MW 3.7%