UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.76 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
596 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.4%
Biomass 509 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,347 MW 38.3%
Coal 24,466 MW 43.9%
Hydroelectric 858 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -2,898 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,160 MW 14.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,509 MW 2.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,675 MW 3.0%