In 2022, offshore wind was the renewable source with the greater electricity and heat generation in the United Kingdom. In that year, offshore wind power plants generated some 45 terawatt hours of electricity. Biomass and onshore wind generated some 35 terawatt hours of electricity each.
Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022, by fuel (in gigawatt hours)
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (July 27, 2023). Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022, by fuel (in gigawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022, by fuel (in gigawatt hours)." Chart. July 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2023). Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022, by fuel (in gigawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Generation of Renewable Electricity and Heat in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2000 to 2022, by Fuel (in Gigawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022, by fuel (in gigawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2022, by fuel (in gigawatt hours) [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, July 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/