operational EfW power plants in the country as of 2021.
Waste-to-energy plants in the United Kingdom were responsible for generating some 10 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2021. Since 2015, the estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste plants increased by some 4.6 terawatt-hours. There were 53 Estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hours)
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Tolvik Consulting Limited. (May 11, 2022). Estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/936177/waste-to-energy-energy-generation-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited. "Estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hours)." Chart. May 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/936177/waste-to-energy-energy-generation-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited. (2022). Estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/936177/waste-to-energy-energy-generation-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited. "Estimated Gross Electricity Generation of Energy-from-waste (Efw) Incinerators in The United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in Gigawatt-hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/936177/waste-to-energy-energy-generation-united-kingdom-uk/
Tolvik Consulting Limited, Estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/936177/waste-to-energy-energy-generation-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
Estimated gross electricity generation of energy-from-waste (EfW) incinerators in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021 (in gigawatt-hours) [Graph], Tolvik Consulting Limited, May 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/936177/waste-to-energy-energy-generation-united-kingdom-uk/