UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.92 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
11.4%
Fossil Fuels
83.3%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,829 MW 36.3%
Coal 24,303 MW 46.8%
Hydroelectric 407 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,990 MW -5.8%
Nuclear 8,042 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 886 MW 1.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,799 MW 3.5%