UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.77 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
11.0%
Fossil Fuels
83.5%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,903 MW 36.5%
Coal 24,203 MW 46.8%
Hydroelectric 408 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,796 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 8,042 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 446 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,918 MW 3.7%