Electricity production in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2024, by origin

Published by Statista Research Department, May 8, 2025

Major power producers (MPPs) accounted for almost 80 percent of indigenous electricity production in the United Kingdom in 2024, with 225 terawatt-hours produced. Meanwhile, electricity production from auto producers amounted to some 56 terawatt-hours that year.

Indigenous electricity production in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2024, by source type (in gigawatt-hours)

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Release date

April 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

Special properties

*Provisional figures.

Supplementary notes

Other sources include gross supply from pumped storage hydro. 

This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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