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Share of electricity generation in Great Britain from 2009 to 2019, by source***

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Release date

June 2019

Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2009 to 2019

Supplementary notes

* Fossil fuels includes coal and gas
** Zero-carbon includes wind, solar, nuclear, hydro and storage
*** Contributions from biomass, are not represented as it is neither zero carbon nor fossil fuel. Contributions from imports are included in 2019 data.

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Electricity generation in Great Britain 2009-2019, by source

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Jun 26, 2019
This statistic displays the share of electricity generation in Great Britain in 2009 and the first five months of 2019, by source. In 2009, fossil fuels accounted for approximately ** percent of electricity generation in Great Britain. 10 years later, this figure had fallen to under ** percent. In the period of January to May 2019, zero-carbon sources such as nuclear and wind energy generated ** percent of the nations electricity. This was the first time these sources generated more electricity than fossil fuels since since the industrial revolution.
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