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Electricity Demand in 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

United Kingdom's electricity demand is a dynamic and vital component of its energy landscape. It reflects the nation's growing need for electrical power to support various sectors, including residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Over the years, United Kingdom has witnessed significant shifts in electricity demand due to various factors such as population growth, urbanization, and technological advancements.

  • In 2021, United Kingdom's electricity demand increased by 1.94%
  • In total, United Kingdom used 331.3 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Demand increased with a total of 6.29 MWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, United Kingdom's demand for electricity has increased with -14.73%

Electricity Demand in United Kingdom (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021 the electricity demand in United Kingdom has grown from 388.55 TW to 331.3 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by -14.73% in a 21 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 388.55 %
2001 392.77 4.22 1.09%
2002 393.01 0.24 0.06%
2003 397.62 4.61 1.17%
2004 398.78 1.16 0.29%
2005 403.74 4.96 1.24%
2006 400.96 -2.78 -0.69%
2007 398.19 -2.77 -0.69%
2008 395.86 -2.33 -0.59%
2009 375.94 -19.92 -5.03%
2010 381.57 5.63 1.5%
2011 371.28 -10.29 -2.7%
2012 372.75 1.47 0.4%
2013 369.81 -2.94 -0.79%
2014 355.73 -14.08 -3.81%
2015 356.45 0.72 0.2%
2016 354.03 -2.42 -0.68%
2017 349.86 -4.17 -1.18%
2018 349.61 -0.25 -0.07%
2019 342.82 -6.79 -1.94%
2020 325.01 -17.81 -5.2%
2021 331.3 6.29 1.94%

Electricity Demand vs Electricity Consumption

It's important to not conflate the two, electircity demnad represents how much electricity an entity, country or region need in a moment of time. While electricity consumption represents how much electricity is used over a period of time. Electricity demand is measured in kilowatt (kW) while electricity consumption is measured as kilowatt-hours (kWh).

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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