UK Electricity Production

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Jan. 15, 2019 at 10:20 a.m. GMT

Total Production
40.27 GW High
Carbon Intensity
283 gCO2/kWh High
Renewables
31.7%
Low Carbon
16.4%
Fossil Fuels
52.0%
Biomass 2,384 MW 5.9%
CCGT 18,062 MW 44.9%
Coal 2,867 MW 7.1%
Hydroelectric 813 MW 2.0%
Interconnects 1,078 MW 2.7%
Nuclear 5,193 MW 12.9%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 75 MW 0.2%
Pumped Storage 318 MW 0.8%
Solar 575 MW 1.4%
Wind 8,900 MW 22.1%