UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.16 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
11.2%
Fossil Fuels
83.5%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 19,058 MW 36.5%
Coal 24,371 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 410 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,796 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 8,043 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 576 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,861 MW 3.6%