Renewables Generate Half of UK’s Electricity in 2024 in New Record High

Renewables generate half of UK’s electricity in 2024 in new record high

Official figures show wind, solar, hydro and biomass generated 50.4% of UK power last year.

Renewables Now Provide More Than Half of the UK’s Electricity Generation

Renewable energy accounted for more than half of the UK’s total electricity generation for the first time last year, generating a record annual percentage of the country’s electricity in 2024, and outstripping fossil fuels for the fourth time in five years. Onshore and offshore wind generated their highest annual percentages of electricity ever. Renewables provided 50.4% of the UK’s electricity last year (up from 46.4% in 2023), compared to 31.8…

'A huge milestone for Britain': Renewables provided half of the UK's electricity in 2024

Collective power output from Britain’s wind, solar, hydro and biomass plants reached a new record high last year, as fossil fuels plummeted to record lows

Renewables now provide over half of the UK’s electricity generation

New statistics published today by the Government confirm that renewable energy accounted for over half of the UK’s total electricity generation for the first time last year, generating a record annual percentage of the country’s electricity in 2024, and outstripping fossil fuels for the fourth time in five years. Onshore and offshore wind generated their highest annual percentages of electricity ever. Renewables provided 50.4% of the UK’s electr…

Renewables generate half of UK’s electricity in 2024 in new record high - Jersey Evening Post

Renewables generated more than half of the UK’s power for the first time in 2024 in a new record high for clean electricity sources. Official figures show wind, solar, hydro and biomass generated 50.4% of UK power last year, up from 46.5% in 2023, due to record high levels of wind and bioenergy power. At the same time fossil fuels – mainly gas – fell to a record low share of 31.8% of generation, with Britain’s last coal plant shutting in Septemb…