UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.70 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
624 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.3%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,659 MW 34.2%
Coal 24,997 MW 48.3%
Hydroelectric 579 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,114 MW -4.1%
Nuclear 8,141 MW 15.7%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 315 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,617 MW 3.1%