UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.38 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
616 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.0%
Low Carbon
10.1%
Fossil Fuels
84.9%
Biomass 494 MW 0.9%
CCGT 20,134 MW 38.4%
Coal 24,199 MW 46.2%
Hydroelectric 468 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -3,264 MW -6.2%
Nuclear 8,073 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 505 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,640 MW 3.1%