Cumulative new built electricity generation in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020-2040

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 11, 2023
Renewables and natural gas are the two electricity generation sources expected to grow the most in the United Kingdom as it pursues its goal of net zero emissions. By 2040, 107 gigawatts of additional electricity generating capacity is projected to be built for renewables.

Projected new built electricity generation capacity from all power producers in United Kingdom (UK) from 2020 to 2040, by source (in gigawatts)

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December 2021

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

Net Zero Strategy baseline

Supplementary notes

Projected data is taken from the reference scenario, which is based on central estimates of economic growth and fossil fuel prices and contains all agreed policies where decisions on policy design are sufficiently advanced to allow robust estimates of impact (i.e. including 'planned' policies).

The government published its Net Zero Strategy on 19 October 2021. Main changes in the Net Zero Strategy Baseline, when compared to previous reference scenarios, can be found on the Net Zero Strategy report, pages 312-313.

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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