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United Kingdom: Share of electricity generation from wind and solar

36.04percent · 2025+155.5% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202536.042
202434.588
202332.967
202228.822
202125.028
202028.414
201923.308
201820.847
201718.068
201614.025
201514.106
201410.648
20138.488
20125.824
20114.403
20102.704
20092.468
20081.838
20071.331
20061.065
20050.731
20040.492
20030.324
20020.323
20010.249
20000.249
19990.231
19980.243
19970.191
19960.14
19950.116
19940.104
19930.068
19920.009
19910.003
19900.003
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850

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

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