UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.52 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
620 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.1%
Low Carbon
10.5%
Fossil Fuels
84.5%
Biomass 471 MW 0.9%
CCGT 19,011 MW 36.9%
Coal 24,389 MW 47.3%
Hydroelectric 471 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -6.3%
Nuclear 8,075 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 1,661 MW 3.2%