UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.64 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
593 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.4%
Low Carbon
12.2%
Fossil Fuels
82.4%
Biomass 510 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,371 MW 38.4%
Coal 24,357 MW 43.8%
Hydroelectric 854 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -3,080 MW -5.5%
Nuclear 8,147 MW 14.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,709 MW 3.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,641 MW 2.9%