Renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom 2000-2023, by fuel

Published by Lucía Fernández, Aug 22, 2024

In 2023, offshore wind was the renewable source with the greater electricity and heat generation in the United Kingdom. In that year, offshore wind power plants generated some 50 terawatt hours of electricity. Onshore wind generated some 32.6 terawatt hours of electricity.

Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2023, by fuel (in gigawatt hours)

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July 2024

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United Kingdom

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2000 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Bioenergy is energy from solid biomass, biogases, bioliquids, energy from waste and co-firing with fossil fuels.

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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