Total CHP electricity by fuels 2010-2018

This statistic displays the total amount of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) electricity generated from fuels in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2018, by fuel type, in gigawatt hours. It shows that the amount of electricity generated from renewable fuels increased over this period from 1,269 gigawatt hours in 2010 to 3,876 gigawatt hours in 2018. The total amount of CHP electricity generated from natural gas has decreased notably to 17,135 gigawatt hours but remains by far the largest source for CHP electricity generation.

Total amount of CHP* electricity generated by fuels in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2018 (in gigawatt hours)

Characteristic	Total coal	Total fuel oil	Total natural gas	Total renewable fuels**	Total other fuels***
2010	604	325	20,253	1,269	4,317
2011	177	230	17,332	1,402	2,905
2012	228	257	17,731	1,506	2,505
2013	173	72	15,331	1,801	2,215
2014	179	59	15,043	2,125	2,284
2015	66	60	15,412	1,930	2,066
2016	56	65	15,945	2,437	1,903
2017	49	46	16,040	3,678	1,972
2018	53	48	17,135	3,876	1,755

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2018

Supplementary notes

*Combined Heat and Power, also known as cogeneration.
**Renewable fuels include: Biomass; sewage gas, other biogases, municipal solid waste and refuse derived fuels.
***Other fuels include: process by-products, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, gas oil and refinery gas.

Data for 2010 were taken from a previous report.

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