The United Kingdom's reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity decreased over the years, in particular regarding coal. In 2023, the country used *** thousand metric tons of oil equivalent worth of coal, compared to almost ** million tons two decades earlier. That year, gas was the main fuel used, with some ** million tons of oil equivalent.
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