- The UK’s renewable energy generation surpassed fossil fuel generation for the first time last year.
- The statistics show that in 2020 renewable energy provided 43 per cent of all electricity in the UK.
- Renewables and nuclear-generated 59 per cent of the total energy.
The report detail that wind provided most of the renewable energy, providing about 24.2% of the UK’s electricity needs (13% – offshore; 11.2% -onshore), representing an 18 per cent increase from 2019 in total renewables energy generation was up 11 per cent from 2019. Renewables and nuclear-generated 59 per cent of the total energy.
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According to RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive, Melanie Onn, “the record-breaking figures, set despite the pandemic, show that renewables are keeping this country reliably powered up during the most challenging period any of us have faced for many decades.”
The report also notes that industrial electricity demand decreased due to the covid pandemic resulting in total generation decreasing by 3.7 per cent from 324.8TWh in 2019 to 312.8TWh in 2020.