UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 5:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
54.85 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
596 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.4%
Low Carbon
11.3%
Fossil Fuels
83.4%
Biomass 509 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,495 MW 39.2%
Coal 24,096 MW 43.9%
Hydroelectric 853 MW 1.6%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -6.0%
Nuclear 8,065 MW 14.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,372 MW 2.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,596 MW 2.9%