UK Electricity Production

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Jan. 16, 2019 at 1:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
42.18 GW High
Carbon Intensity
307 gCO2/kWh High
Renewables
28.6%
Low Carbon
14.7%
Fossil Fuels
56.7%
Biomass 1,690 MW 4.0%
CCGT 20,417 MW 48.4%
Coal 3,519 MW 8.3%
Hydroelectric 550 MW 1.3%
Interconnects 1,000 MW 2.4%
Nuclear 5,035 MW 11.9%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 67 MW 0.2%
Pumped Storage 145 MW 0.3%
Solar 758 MW 1.8%
Wind 9,000 MW 21.3%