UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.67 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
630 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.4%
Low Carbon
10.9%
Fossil Fuels
86.7%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 20,580 MW 39.1%
Coal 24,950 MW 47.4%
Hydroelectric 614 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,236 MW -6.1%
Nuclear 8,371 MW 15.9%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 589 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 159 MW 0.3%