UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 2:55 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.45 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
620 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
11.0%
Fossil Fuels
84.0%
Biomass 505 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,776 MW 36.5%
Coal 24,306 MW 47.2%
Hydroelectric 404 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -2,990 MW -5.8%
Nuclear 8,070 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 579 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,672 MW 3.2%