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United Kingdom: Share of electricity generation from renewables

51.82percent · 2025+110.7% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202551.824
202450.705
202346.49
202241.611
202139.782
202043.065
201936.596
201833
201729.238
201624.474
201524.599
201419.081
201314.852
201211.334
20119.566
20106.852
20096.699
20085.641
20074.96
20064.556
20054.25
20043.59
20032.685
20022.872
20012.479
20002.628
19992.613
19982.385
19972.048
19961.622
19951.98
19942.137
19931.77
19921.965
19911.623
19901.792
19891.516
19881.58
19871.387
19861.584
19851.325

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 renewables. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-renewables (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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