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Energy mix of the United Kingdom over time. Total energy consumption in the United Kingdom was 142.0 million tonnes of oil equivalent (1,651 TWh) in 2019. [2] In 2014, the UK had an energy consumption per capita of 2.78 tonnes of oil equivalent (32.3 MWh) compared to a world average of 1.92 tonnes of oil equivalent (22.3 MWh). [3]
By 2024, the use of coal power had decreased to historic lows not seen since before the Industrial Revolution. Coal supplied just 0.5% of GB electricity in 2024, [9] down from 30% in 2014. [10] UK electricity became entirely coal-free on 30 September 2024. [11]
Soaring natural gas prices have made coal more competitive in many markets, and some nations have resorted to coal as a substitute for potential energy rationing in the 2022–2023 winter. With demand for coal increasing in Asia and elsewhere, global coal consumption rose by 1.2% in 2022 to more than 8 billion tonnes for the first time in ...
Ending the use of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, for power could play a major part in limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7°F), a key international ...
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The UK historically had a coal-driven grid that generated large amounts of CO 2 and other pollutants including SO 2 and nitrogen oxides, leading to some acid rain found in Norway and Sweden. Coal plants had to be fitted with scrubbers which added to costs. [109] In 2019 the electricity sector of the UK emitted 0.256 kg of CO 2 per kWh of ...
UK coal production peaked in 1913 at 287 million tonnes. [4] Until the late 1960s, coal was the main source of energy produced in the UK, peaking at 228 million tonnes in 1952. Ninety-five per cent of this came from roughly 1,334 deep-mines that were operational at the time, with the rest from around 92 surface mines. [33]
World annual coal consumption 1980–2019 Consumption trends in the top five coal-consuming countries 1980–2019. Although reserves of coal remain abundant, consumption of coal has declined in many countries. In 2016, Scotland closed its last coal-fired power plant, [7] accommodated by an increase in nuclear power generation (to 42.8% of 2016 ...