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🇬🇧 Electricity Generation of United Kingdom

The electricity generated in United Kingdom has declined since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in United Kingdom reach 307.15 TWh. Whereof 40.23% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Gas.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in United Kingdom increased by -0.07%
  • In total, United Kingdom generated 307.15 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in United Kingdom grew with -0.21 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by -17.96% in United Kingdom
  • In 2021, United Kingdom produced 1.1042257531402% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of United Kingdom (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, United Kingdom's electricity generation has increased from 374.38 TWh to 307.15 TWh, a -17.96% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 374.38 % %
2001 382.37 7.99% 2.13%
2002 384.6 2.23% 0.58%
2003 395.46 10.86% 2.82%
2004 391.29 -4.17% -1.05%
2005 395.42 4.13% 1.06%
2006 393.44 -1.98% -0.5%
2007 392.98 -0.46% -0.12%
2008 384.84 -8.14% -2.07%
2009 373.08 -11.76% -3.06%
2010 378.91 5.83% 1.56%
2011 365.06 -13.85% -3.66%
2012 360.89 -4.17% -1.14%
2013 355.38 -5.51% -1.53%
2014 335.21 -20.17% -5.68%
2015 335.34 0.13% 0.04%
2016 336.28 0.94% 0.28%
2017 335.1 -1.18% -0.35%
2018 330.5 -4.6% -1.37%
2019 321.65 -8.85% -2.68%
2020 307.36 -14.29% -4.44%
2021 307.15 -0.21% -0.07%

United Kingdom's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Gas was the largest generator of electrical energy in United Kingdom with 40.23% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Gas 40.23%
Wind 21.17%
Nuclear 15.26%
Bioenergy 12.73%
Solar 4.06%
Other Fossil 2.79%
Coal 1.93%
Hydro 1.82%

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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