CHP installations: fuel use for heat UK

This statistic displays the fuel use for heat generation from Combined Heat and Power (CHP) schemes in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2018, by fuel type, in gigawatt hours. It shows that the amount of renewable fuels used in CHP schemes increased over this period, from 3,114 gigawatt hours in 2010 to 6,224 gigawatt hours in 2018. The use of natural gas decreased over this period, but is still by far the largest source for heat generation in CHP installations.

Fuel used to generate heat in CHP installations in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2018, by fuel type (in gigawatt hours)

Characteristic	Coal*	Fuel oil	Natural gas	Renewable fuels**	Other***
2018	408	68	30,378	6,224	8,069
2017	379	72	30,326	5,938	8,763
2016	371	147	28,963	4,800	8,835
2015	439	164	27,743	4,187	10,339
2014	863	140	29,778	3,918	10,230
2013	1,592	205	32,038	3,429	10,124
2012	1,491	723	33,642	3,301	10,223
2011	1,401	616	33,147	3,215	11,017
2010	2,061	887	35,261	3,114	12,723

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Release date

July 2019

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2017

Supplementary notes

*Coal includes coke.
**Renewable fuels include: Biomass; sewage gas; other biogases; municipal waste and refuse derived fuels.
***Other fuels include: process by-products, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, gas oil and refinery gas.

Data for 2010 was taken from a previous report.
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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