UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 9:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
49.42 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
638 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
5.2%
Low Carbon
12.7%
Fossil Fuels
82.1%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 15,587 MW 31.5%
Coal 24,993 MW 50.6%
Hydroelectric 523 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,254 MW -4.6%
Nuclear 8,180 MW 16.6%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 335 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 1,551 MW 3.1%