The United Kingdom's power sector emissions totaled almost 70 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e) in 2023. Natural gas accounted for almost three-quarters of this total. UK power sector emissions have fallen by more than 60 percent since 2000, with much of this decline attributable to the UK's phasing out of coal as an electricity source. In 2000, coal accounted for more than half of UK power sector emissions, but by 2023 its share had decreased to just over five percent.
Power sector emissions in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2023, by source
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Figures aim to include full lifecycle emissions including upstream methane, supply-chain and manufacturing emissions, and include all gases, converted into CO₂ equivalent over a 100 year timescale.
*Other fossil includes generation from oil and petroleum products, as well as manufactured gases and waste.
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Ember. (July 3, 2024). Power sector emissions in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405567/power-sector-emissions-united-kingdom-by-source/
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Ember. (2024). Power sector emissions in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405567/power-sector-emissions-united-kingdom-by-source/
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