UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.98 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
631 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.4%
Low Carbon
10.5%
Fossil Fuels
87.0%
Biomass 509 MW 1.0%
CCGT 20,984 MW 39.6%
Coal 24,986 MW 47.2%
Hydroelectric 632 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,236 MW -6.1%
Nuclear 8,407 MW 15.9%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 411 MW 0.8%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 152 MW 0.3%