UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.34 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
594 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
12.5%
Fossil Fuels
82.1%
Biomass 510 MW 0.9%
CCGT 20,977 MW 37.9%
Coal 24,301 MW 43.9%
Hydroelectric 853 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -2,898 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,150 MW 14.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,649 MW 3.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,661 MW 3.0%