UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.98 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
619 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.7%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,802 MW 35.5%
Coal 25,007 MW 47.2%
Hydroelectric 578 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,114 MW -4.0%
Nuclear 8,156 MW 15.4%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 343 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,700 MW 3.2%