UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.65 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
614 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.3%
Fossil Fuels
82.4%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 19,228 MW 35.8%
Coal 25,002 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 580 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,130 MW -4.0%
Nuclear 8,147 MW 15.2%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 600 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,717 MW 3.2%