UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 5:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.43 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
595 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
11.4%
Fossil Fuels
83.3%
Biomass 509 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,805 MW 39.3%
Coal 24,209 MW 43.7%
Hydroelectric 855 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -3,266 MW -5.9%
Nuclear 8,066 MW 14.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,529 MW 2.8%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,587 MW 2.9%