Despite the recent announcement from the government of the United Kingdom that investments in nuclear power will be made to boost domestic energy generation, a 2022 forecast estimates that the UK's nuclear power capacity will decrease in the next decade. In 2022, UK's nuclear capacity amounted to 5.8 gigawatts, the smallest figure since the 1970s. Nuclear capacity is forecast to drop to 3.6 gigawatts in 2024 and stay below 5.3 gigawatts until the end of the period under consideration.
Nuclear energy capacity in the United Kingdom in 2022, with a forecast to 2030
(in megawatts)
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Energy Monitor. (January 23, 2023). Nuclear energy capacity in the United Kingdom in 2022, with a forecast to 2030 (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361941/nuclear-energy-capacity-forecast-uk/
Energy Monitor. "Nuclear energy capacity in the United Kingdom in 2022, with a forecast to 2030 (in megawatts)." Chart. January 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361941/nuclear-energy-capacity-forecast-uk/
Energy Monitor. (2023). Nuclear energy capacity in the United Kingdom in 2022, with a forecast to 2030 (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361941/nuclear-energy-capacity-forecast-uk/
Energy Monitor. "Nuclear Energy Capacity in The United Kingdom in 2022, with a Forecast to 2030 (in Megawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361941/nuclear-energy-capacity-forecast-uk/
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Nuclear energy capacity in the United Kingdom in 2022, with a forecast to 2030 (in megawatts) [Graph], Energy Monitor, January 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361941/nuclear-energy-capacity-forecast-uk/
