UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.35 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
630 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.0%
Fossil Fuels
82.7%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,498 MW 34.1%
Coal 24,983 MW 48.7%
Hydroelectric 577 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,254 MW -4.4%
Nuclear 8,143 MW 15.9%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 289 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,600 MW 3.1%