UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:55 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.08 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
10.4%
Fossil Fuels
84.6%
Biomass 498 MW 1.0%
CCGT 19,619 MW 37.7%
Coal 24,315 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 473 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -6.3%
Nuclear 8,078 MW 15.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 598 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,636 MW 3.1%