UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 5:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
56.08 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
591 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.7%
Biomass 510 MW 0.9%
CCGT 22,094 MW 39.4%
Coal 24,159 MW 43.1%
Hydroelectric 854 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -3,082 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 8,051 MW 14.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,799 MW 3.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,566 MW 2.8%