Since 2000, bioenergy is the renewable source with the greater electricity and heat generation in the United Kingdom. As of 2020, bioenergy generated some 39.3 terawatt hours of electricity and heat. By comparison, at that same time, hydro was the least used renewable energy, with a total of 6.8 terawatt hours combining smal and large scale hydropower.
Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2020, by fuel (in gigawatt hours)
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (July 27, 2021). Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2020, by fuel (in gigawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2023, 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 2020, by fuel (in gigawatt hours)." Chart. July 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2021). Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2020, by fuel (in gigawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 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 2020, by Fuel (in Gigawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2021, 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 2020, by fuel (in gigawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/ (last visited June 03, 2023)
Generation of renewable electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2020, by fuel (in gigawatt hours) [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, July 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223336/uk-renewable-energy-generation-by-fuel/