UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.06 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
631 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.1%
Fossil Fuels
82.6%
Biomass 514 MW 1.0%
CCGT 17,230 MW 33.7%
Coal 24,958 MW 48.9%
Hydroelectric 564 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,254 MW -4.4%
Nuclear 8,150 MW 16.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 300 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,596 MW 3.1%