UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:10 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.96 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
592 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.6%
Biomass 509 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,781 MW 38.9%
Coal 24,305 MW 43.4%
Hydroelectric 857 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -3,080 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 8,121 MW 14.5%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,718 MW 3.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,615 MW 2.9%