UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:15 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.78 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
593 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.4%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 510 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,590 MW 38.7%
Coal 24,309 MW 43.6%
Hydroelectric 855 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -3,080 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 8,132 MW 14.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,708 MW 3.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,625 MW 2.9%