This report examines the share and composition of renewable electricity in United Kingdom, including hydro and non-hydro generation.
United Kingdom’s renewable electricity mix was divided between hydropower, which represented 2.8% of total generation, and other renewable sources at 37.8% in 2021. Hydropower accounted for 6.8% of renewable electricity.
Non-hydro renewable electricity production reached 116,761,000,000 kWh in 2021, changing by +50.4% over five years. Based on comparable 2021 data, United Kingdom recorded the 74th-highest renewable electricity share among 209 economies. The non-hydro renewable share changed by +14.8 percentage points over the latest five-year period.
United Kingdom Renewable Electricity Generation by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Renewable electricity output, % of total electricity output (EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS); Electricity production from hydroelectric sources, % of total (EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS); Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, % of total (EG.ELC.RNWX.ZS); Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, kWh (EG.ELC.RNWX.KH).
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About the Indicators
Renewable electricity output, % of total electricity output. The share of a country’s electricity generated from renewable sources, including hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by hydropower plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric. The share of total electricity generated from non-hydro renewables: wind, solar, geothermal and biomass.
Electricity production from renewable sources excluding hydroelectric, kWh. The absolute volume of electricity generated from non-hydro renewable sources, measured in kilowatt-hours.