UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 4:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.16 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
628 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.4%
Low Carbon
10.8%
Fossil Fuels
86.7%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 21,007 MW 39.5%
Coal 24,969 MW 47.0%
Hydroelectric 633 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,236 MW -6.1%
Nuclear 8,396 MW 15.8%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 597 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 148 MW 0.3%