In March 2025, gas was the largest fuel source, reaching 39 percent of the UK's power generation that month. Wind and gas were the largest fuel sources in the United Kingdom's electricity market in 2024.
Distribution of monthly electricity generation in the United Kingdom from February 2023 to March 2025, by source
Solar includes both solar thermal and solar photovoltaic generation.
Bioenergy includes generation from combustible renewables and may include waste generation (renewable and non-renewable).
This statistic has been assembled using several editions of the report.
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Ember. (April 3, 2025). Distribution of monthly electricity generation in the United Kingdom from February 2023 to March 2025, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403738/united-kingdom-monthly-distribution-of-electricity-production-by-source/
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