UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 3:55 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.58 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
638 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.5%
Low Carbon
11.7%
Fossil Fuels
85.8%
Biomass 501 MW 1.0%
CCGT 19,293 MW 37.4%
Coal 24,971 MW 48.4%
Hydroelectric 591 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,574 MW -5.0%
Nuclear 8,340 MW 16.2%
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 173 MW 0.3%