UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 6:55 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.79 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
597 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.4%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 511 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,325 MW 38.2%
Coal 24,557 MW 44.0%
Hydroelectric 846 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -2,898 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,150 MW 14.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,501 MW 2.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,667 MW 3.0%