UK Electricity Production

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Jan. 16, 2019 at 12:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
42.44 GW High
Carbon Intensity
300 gCO2/kWh High
Renewables
30.0%
Low Carbon
14.7%
Fossil Fuels
55.4%
Biomass 1,710 MW 4.0%
CCGT 19,992 MW 47.1%
Coal 3,506 MW 8.3%
Hydroelectric 608 MW 1.4%
Interconnects 998 MW 2.4%
Nuclear 5,031 MW 11.9%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 68 MW 0.2%
Pumped Storage 190 MW 0.4%
Solar 877 MW 2.1%
Wind 9,458 MW 22.3%