Energy Trends: UK renewables
Data on the UK’s renewables sector, including capacity, electricity generation and liquid biofuels consumption.
UK renewable electricity capacity and generation (PDF)
An overview of the trends identified for the previous quarter in the UK’s renewables sector, focusing on:
- renewables electricity generation
- renewable electricity capacity
- renewable electricity load factors
- feed-in tariffs capacity
- liquid biofuels consumption
We publish this document on the last Thursday of each calendar quarter (March, June, September and December).
Quarterly data: ET 6.1, ET 6.2
These tables focus on renewable electricity capacity and generation, and liquid biofuels consumption.
We publish these quarterly tables on the last Thursday of each calendar quarter (March, June, September and December). The data is a quarter in arrears.
Monthly data: ROCs
This data relates to certificates and generation associated with the renewables obligation scheme.
We publish this monthly table on the second Thursday of each month.
Earlier data
Previous editions of Energy Trends are available on the Energy Trends collection page.
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Contact us
If you have questions about these statistics, please email: renewablesstatistics@energysecurity.gov.uk