UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 9:10 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.66 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
640 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.2%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
84.9%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,023 MW 35.6%
Coal 25,002 MW 49.4%
Hydroelectric 490 MW 1.0%
Interconnects -2,572 MW -5.1%
Nuclear 8,268 MW 16.3%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 302 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 639 MW 1.3%