UK Electricity Production

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Jan. 15, 2019 at 11:50 a.m. GMT

Total Production
40.65 GW High
Carbon Intensity
265 gCO2/kWh Moderate
Renewables
34.4%
Low Carbon
15.9%
Fossil Fuels
49.7%
Biomass 2,409 MW 5.9%
CCGT 17,775 MW 43.7%
Coal 2,431 MW 6.0%
Hydroelectric 777 MW 1.9%
Interconnects 958 MW 2.4%
Nuclear 5,217 MW 12.8%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 67 MW 0.2%
Pumped Storage 302 MW 0.7%
Solar 1,220 MW 3.0%
Wind 9,493 MW 23.4%