UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.05 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
632 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.4%
Low Carbon
11.7%
Fossil Fuels
85.9%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 20,437 MW 38.5%
Coal 24,995 MW 47.1%
Hydroelectric 610 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,574 MW -4.9%
Nuclear 8,354 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 431 MW 0.8%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 157 MW 0.3%