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Carbon Intensity
Total Production
Regions
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England
Scotland
Wales
North Scotland
South Scotland
North West England
North East England
Yorkshire
North Wales & Merseyside
South Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
East England
South West England
South England
London
South East England
Sources
All Source Types
Renewables
Low Carbon
Fossil Fuels
Interconnects
All Sources
Biomass
CCGT (Gas)
Coal
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
OCGT (Gas)
Pumped Storage
Solar
Wind
Plants
About
Feb. 9, 2012
at 12:55 a.m. GMT
Total Production
39.98 GW
Moderate
Carbon Intensity
692 gCO
2
/kWh
Very High
Renewables
5.1%
Low Carbon
16.0%
Fossil Fuels
79.0%
Biomass
512 MW
1.3%
CCGT
7,100 MW
17.8%
Coal
24,481 MW
61.2%
Hydroelectric
291 MW
0.7%
Interconnects
-1,852 MW
-4.6%
Nuclear
8,230 MW
20.6%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
0 MW
0.0%
Pumped Storage
0 MW
0.0%
Solar
0 MW
0.0%
Wind
1,220 MW
3.1%
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