UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 5:10 p.m. GMT

Total Production
54.45 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
599 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.4%
Low Carbon
11.1%
Fossil Fuels
83.5%
Biomass 519 MW 1.0%
CCGT 21,237 MW 39.0%
Coal 24,112 MW 44.3%
Hydroelectric 853 MW 1.6%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -6.0%
Nuclear 8,063 MW 14.8%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,224 MW 2.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,580 MW 2.9%