UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 4:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.42 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
607 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
10.4%
Fossil Fuels
84.3%
Biomass 502 MW 0.9%
CCGT 20,736 MW 38.8%
Coal 24,142 MW 45.2%
Hydroelectric 690 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -6.1%
Nuclear 8,057 MW 15.1%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 786 MW 1.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,638 MW 3.1%