CHP installations: fuel use UK

This statistic displays the fuel use 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 significantly over this period, from 6,532 gigawatt hours in 2010 to 16,078 gigawatt hours in 2018. The use of natural gas decreased notably over this period, but is still by far the largest fuel source in CHP installations.

Fuel used 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	521	166	64,134	16,078	11,624
2017	480	167	62,598	15,231	12,839
2016	484	279	60,465	11,193	12,712
2015	577	287	58,178	9,016	14,519
2014	1,249	260	60,390	9,281	15,003
2013	2,012	350	63,352	7,856	14,859
2012	2,035	1,248	69,844	7,268	15,306
2011	1,822	1,085	67,870	6,853	16,857
2010	3,544	1,581	78,505	6,532	22,396

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Release date

July 2019

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2018

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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