UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 4:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.30 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
617 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
10.2%
Fossil Fuels
84.8%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 19,904 MW 38.1%
Coal 24,296 MW 46.5%
Hydroelectric 473 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -3,264 MW -6.2%
Nuclear 8,076 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 523 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,648 MW 3.2%