UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 8:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.53 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
632 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.3%
Fossil Fuels
82.5%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 16,771 MW 33.2%
Coal 24,909 MW 49.3%
Hydroelectric 554 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,254 MW -4.5%
Nuclear 8,153 MW 16.1%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 305 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,580 MW 3.1%