UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.60 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
619 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
11.0%
Fossil Fuels
84.0%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,887 MW 36.6%
Coal 24,310 MW 47.1%
Hydroelectric 407 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,990 MW -5.8%
Nuclear 8,079 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 585 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,684 MW 3.3%