UK: transportation final energy demand 2040

Petroleum products account for most of the British transportation sector's energy demand. Although the demand for petroleum products is forecast to decrease by 2040, 20.9 and 13.4 metric tons of oil equivalent, respectively, will still be consumed for road transport and aviation in that year.

Final energy demand of the transportation sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021 with a forecast to 2040, by energy type (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent)

Characteristic	Petroleum products (Road transport)	Petroleum products (Aviation fuel)	Renewables	Petroleum products (Shipping)	Petroleum products (Rail)	Electricity	Solid / manufactured fuels**	Natural gas
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Release date

October 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2021

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Reference scenario

Supplementary notes

* Solid/Manufactured Fuels include steam coal, anthracite, manufactured sold fuels, benzole, tars, blast furnace gas and coke oven gas.

Scenario based on policies that have been implemented and those that are planned where the level of funding has been agreed and the design of the policy is near final.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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