UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 5:55 p.m. GMT

Total Production
56.04 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
591 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
12.0%
Fossil Fuels
82.7%
Biomass 510 MW 0.9%
CCGT 22,072 MW 39.4%
Coal 24,167 MW 43.1%
Hydroelectric 855 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -3,082 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 8,084 MW 14.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,710 MW 3.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,591 MW 2.8%