UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 4:10 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.27 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
616 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
10.1%
Fossil Fuels
84.9%
Biomass 508 MW 1.0%
CCGT 20,053 MW 38.4%
Coal 24,180 MW 46.3%
Hydroelectric 471 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -3,264 MW -6.2%
Nuclear 8,075 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 470 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,648 MW 3.2%