UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.84 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
630 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.3%
Low Carbon
12.4%
Fossil Fuels
82.4%
Biomass 511 MW 1.0%
CCGT 16,996 MW 33.4%
Coal 24,892 MW 49.0%
Hydroelectric 556 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,254 MW -4.4%
Nuclear 8,154 MW 16.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 381 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,606 MW 3.2%