UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.48 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
621 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
11.0%
Fossil Fuels
84.0%
Biomass 470 MW 0.9%
CCGT 18,747 MW 36.4%
Coal 24,354 MW 47.3%
Hydroelectric 455 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -2,986 MW -5.8%
Nuclear 8,073 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 1,659 MW 3.2%