UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.70 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
618 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.1%
Low Carbon
11.1%
Fossil Fuels
83.8%
Biomass 511 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,854 MW 36.5%
Coal 24,328 MW 47.1%
Hydroelectric 407 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,990 MW -5.8%
Nuclear 8,086 MW 15.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 640 MW 1.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,731 MW 3.3%