UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.66 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
11.1%
Fossil Fuels
83.4%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,804 MW 36.4%
Coal 24,166 MW 46.8%
Hydroelectric 408 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,810 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 8,043 MW 15.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 490 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,917 MW 3.7%