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Energy trends: March 2014
1st March 2014
Topic(s): Renewables
The United Kingdom’s Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) Energy Trends includes statistical information on energy as a whole and by individual fuels, presented chiefly in charts and tables. This edition covers the fourth quarter of 2013, and also 2013 as a whole - providing a comprehensive picture of energy production and use in the UK.
The main decarbonisation points for 2013:
- Low carbon electricity’s share of generation increased from 31 per cent in 2012 to 35 per cent in 2013, due to higher renewables and nuclear generation.
- Of electricity generated in 2013, coal accounted for 36 per cent (a fall of 3 percentage points on 2012) and gas 27 per cent (a fall of 1 percentage point on 2012), gas’ lowest share since 1996, due to high gas prices. Nuclear’s share increased by less than 1 percentage point on 2012 to 20 per cent of the total. Renewables’ share of generation increased by 4 percentage points on 2012 to a record 15 per cent.
- Renewable electricity generation was 52.8 TWh in 2013, an increase of 28 per cent on the 41.3 TWh in 2012, with wind generation up 40 per cent. Renewable electricity capacity was 19.4 GW at the end of 2013, a 25 per cent increase (3.9 GW) on a year earlier.
- Provisional estimates show that carbon dioxide emissions fell between 2012 and 2013; the key factor driving the change was a switch in electricity generation away from fossil fuels.
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