UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.46 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
620 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.1%
Low Carbon
11.0%
Fossil Fuels
83.9%
Biomass 464 MW 0.9%
CCGT 18,725 MW 36.4%
Coal 24,329 MW 47.3%
Hydroelectric 455 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,986 MW -5.8%
Nuclear 8,063 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 580 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,694 MW 3.3%