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United Kingdom: Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels

35.79percent · 2025-34.5% since 2015

Electricity generated from fossil fuels as a share of total generation. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202535.788
202435.028
202339.66
202243.786
202145.245
202040.744
201946.233
201847.507
201749.965
201654.378
201554.643
201462.062
201365.44
201269.316
201171.688
201076.883
200974.96
200880.864
200779.156
200676.452
200575.26
200476.102
200375.043
200274.442
200174.107
200074.813
199971.547
199870.186
199769.963
199671.397
199571.656
199470.829
199370.577
199274.109
199176.53
199077.645
198975.682
198877.871
198780.328
198678.792
198578.178

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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