UK Electricity Production

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Jan. 16, 2019 at 2:10 p.m. GMT

Total Production
41.90 GW High
Carbon Intensity
312 gCO2/kWh High
Renewables
27.5%
Low Carbon
14.8%
Fossil Fuels
57.7%
Biomass 1,617 MW 3.9%
CCGT 20,582 MW 49.1%
Coal 3,600 MW 8.6%
Hydroelectric 545 MW 1.3%
Interconnects 999 MW 2.4%
Nuclear 5,045 MW 12.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 68 MW 0.2%
Pumped Storage 151 MW 0.4%
Solar 761 MW 1.8%
Wind 8,535 MW 20.4%