UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 9, 2012 at 5:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.69 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
625 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.4%
Low Carbon
11.1%
Fossil Fuels
86.5%
Biomass 502 MW 0.9%
CCGT 21,304 MW 39.7%
Coal 24,987 MW 46.5%
Hydroelectric 649 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -3,256 MW -6.1%
Nuclear 8,398 MW 15.6%
OCGT 132 MW 0.2%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 827 MW 1.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 142 MW 0.3%