UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:30 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 19,082 MW 36.6%
Coal 24,345 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 408 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,796 MW -5.4%
Nuclear 8,042 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 606 MW 1.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,832 MW 3.5%