UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 5, 2019 at 8:40 a.m. GMT

Total Production
42.15 GW High
Carbon Intensity
258 gCO2/kWh Moderate
Renewables
30.4%
Low Carbon
20.7%
Fossil Fuels
49.0%
Biomass 3,130 MW 7.4%
CCGT 18,049 MW 42.8%
Coal 2,592 MW 6.1%
Hydroelectric 449 MW 1.1%
Interconnects 805 MW 1.9%
Nuclear 7,470 MW 17.7%
OCGT 1 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 167 MW 0.4%
Pumped Storage 438 MW 1.0%
Solar 47 MW 0.1%
Wind 9,003 MW 21.4%