Use of coal to generate electricity in the United Kingdom (UK) 2005-2018

Coal amount used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom presented a trend of decline with some oscillation, peaking in 2006 at approximately 36 million metric tons of oil equivalent. From 2007 to 2009, coal volume used declined to roughly 25 million metric tons of oil equivalent and remained stable until 2011. In 2012, coal volume used to generate electricity inclined to nearly 34 million metric tons of oil equivalent. Figures continuously dropped on the following years, reaching 4.34 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2018.