Coal amount used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom presented a trend of decline with some oscillation, peaking in 2006 at approximately 36 million metric tons of oil equivalent. From 2007 to 2009, coal volume used declined to roughly 25 million metric tons of oil equivalent and remained stable until 2011. In 2012, coal volume used to generate electricity inclined to nearly 34 million metric tons of oil equivalent. Figures continuously dropped on the following years, reaching 4.34 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2018.
Annual amount of coal used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2018
(in million metric tons of oil equivalent)
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GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (December 19, 2019). Annual amount of coal used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/427908/coal-used-in-electricity-generation-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Annual amount of coal used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent)." Chart. December 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/427908/coal-used-in-electricity-generation-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2019). Annual amount of coal used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/427908/coal-used-in-electricity-generation-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Annual Amount of Coal Used to Generate Electricity in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2005 to 2018 (in Million Metric Tons of Oil Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/427908/coal-used-in-electricity-generation-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Annual amount of coal used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/427908/coal-used-in-electricity-generation-uk/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Annual amount of coal used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2018 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph], GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, December 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/427908/coal-used-in-electricity-generation-uk/
