UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 4:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.62 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
607 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
10.5%
Fossil Fuels
84.2%
Biomass 508 MW 0.9%
CCGT 20,832 MW 38.9%
Coal 24,192 MW 45.1%
Hydroelectric 694 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -6.1%
Nuclear 8,057 MW 15.0%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 853 MW 1.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,618 MW 3.0%