UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.02 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
4.9%
Low Carbon
10.1%
Fossil Fuels
84.9%
Biomass 503 MW 0.9%
CCGT 20,707 MW 39.1%
Coal 24,183 MW 45.6%
Hydroelectric 492 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -3,264 MW -6.2%
Nuclear 8,058 MW 15.2%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 580 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,625 MW 3.1%