UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.20 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
630 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.4%
Low Carbon
12.0%
Fossil Fuels
85.6%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 20,461 MW 38.5%
Coal 24,968 MW 46.9%
Hydroelectric 606 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -2,574 MW -4.8%
Nuclear 8,350 MW 15.7%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 592 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 155 MW 0.3%