UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 7:40 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.22 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
649 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
4.0%
Low Carbon
11.3%
Fossil Fuels
84.7%
Biomass 510 MW 1.1%
CCGT 15,776 MW 32.7%
Coal 25,067 MW 52.0%
Hydroelectric 475 MW 1.0%
Interconnects -3,130 MW -6.5%
Nuclear 8,275 MW 17.2%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 288 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 961 MW 2.0%