Natural gas used for electricity generation in the United Kingdom amounted to roughly 17.5 million tons of oil equivalent in 2023, down from some 22 million tons of oil equivalent in the previous year. Annual natural gas use for electricity generation in the country has seen a mostly downward trend in the past decade. In 2020, renewables surpassed natural gas for the first time as the leading source of electricity in the UK.
Natural gas used in the generation of electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2023
(in million tons of oil equivalent)
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