UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 7 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.65 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
597 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.5%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.4%
Biomass 509 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,171 MW 38.0%
Coal 24,571 MW 44.1%
Hydroelectric 841 MW 1.5%
Interconnects -2,898 MW -5.2%
Nuclear 8,147 MW 14.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,495 MW 2.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,686 MW 3.0%