United Kingdom: six sources of electricity
Compare six non-overlapping generation categories through time using one zero-based TWh scale.
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Stack reported coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar and nuclear generation in that fixed order. These six categories share TWh units and are not overlapping aggregates. Oil, bioenergy and other sources are omitted: the sum is explicitly a selected-source total, not the country’s full electricity mix. A year with any missing or negative component breaks every band, so no incomplete total is drawn. Straight band edges connect adjacent complete annual observations; no smoothing or replacement of missing values is applied. The vertical axis starts at zero. Each source observation, flag and note is retained separately.
Annual electricity generation from coal.
Generation is electricity produced, distinct from installed capacity and final energy consumption. Source estimates and historical years may be revised.
Values, source flags and notes retain the reviewed snapshot. No new observations are acquired or interpolated.
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66 data rows · Reporting period 2015–2025 · Unit: TWh. Numeric strings below retain snapshot precision.
| Reporting entity | Measure / role | Period | Value | Unit | Graphic selection | Calculated cell / rank | Source status / note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 75.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2015 · original row 98812 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 30.67 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2016 · original row 98829 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 22.53 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2017 · original row 98846 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 16.83 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2018 · original row 98863 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 6.92 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2019 · original row 98880 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 5.7 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2020 · original row 98897 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 6.79 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2021 · original row 98914 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 5.94 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2022 · original row 98931 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 3.78 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2023 · original row 98948 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 1.9 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2024 · original row 98965 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 0.328 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · GBR/2025 · original row 98982 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 99.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2015 · original row 98813 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 143.13 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2016 · original row 98830 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 136.75 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2017 · original row 98847 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 131.49 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2018 · original row 98864 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 133.09 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2019 · original row 98881 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 111.89 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2020 · original row 98898 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 122.84 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2021 · original row 98915 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 125.11 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2022 · original row 98932 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 101.66 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2023 · original row 98949 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 86.3 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2024 · original row 98966 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 91.985 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · GBR/2025 · original row 98983 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 6.3 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2015 · original row 98808 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 5.37 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2016 · original row 98825 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 5.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2017 · original row 98842 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 5.44 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2018 · original row 98859 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 5.93 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2019 · original row 98876 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 6.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2020 · original row 98893 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 5.42 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2021 · original row 98910 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 5.66 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2022 · original row 98927 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 5.54 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2023 · original row 98944 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 5.76 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2024 · original row 98961 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 5.416 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · GBR/2025 · original row 98978 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 40.27 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2015 · original row 98807 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 37.16 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2016 · original row 98824 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 49.65 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2017 · original row 98841 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 56.91 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2018 · original row 98858 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 63.84 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2019 · original row 98875 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 75.62 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2020 · original row 98892 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 64.93 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2021 · original row 98909 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 80.21 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2022 · original row 98926 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 82.15 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2023 · original row 98943 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 83.28 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2024 · original row 98960 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 86.145 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · GBR/2025 · original row 98977 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 7.53 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2015 · original row 98806 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 10.41 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2016 · original row 98823 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 11.46 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2017 · original row 98840 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 12.67 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2018 · original row 98857 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 12.42 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2019 · original row 98874 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 12.55 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2020 · original row 98891 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 12.13 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2021 · original row 98908 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 13.34 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2022 · original row 98925 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 13.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2023 · original row 98942 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 14.79 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2024 · original row 98959 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 19.399 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · GBR/2025 · original row 98976 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 70.34 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2015 · original row 98811 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 71.73 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2016 · original row 98828 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 70.34 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2017 · original row 98845 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 65.06 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2018 · original row 98862 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 56.18 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2019 · original row 98879 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 50.24 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2020 · original row 98896 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 46.1 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2021 · original row 98913 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 47.4 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2022 · original row 98930 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 40.6 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2023 · original row 98947 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 40.59 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2024 · original row 98964 · Generation (TWh) |
| United Kingdom GBR | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 36.378 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · GBR/2025 · original row 98981 · Generation (TWh) |
Sources and attribution
Coal electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from coal.
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Gas electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from gas.
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Hydro electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from hydro.
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Wind electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from wind.
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Solar electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from solar.
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Nuclear electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from nuclear.
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