UK: Projected nuclear power generation 2015-2040

Electricity generation from nuclear energy in the United Kingdom is forecast to reach the record low in 2025, at 22 terawatt-hours. However, figures are expected to increase in the following years, and reach 53 terawatt-hours by 2040. At that time, nuclear power generation in the UK will be lower than in the first decades of the 21 century, when it exceeded 60 terawatt-hours.

Projected nuclear power generation in the United Kingdom (UK) in selected years from 2015 to 2040* (in terawatt-hours)

Characteristic	Electricity generation in terawatt-hours
2040	53
2035	43
2030	38
2025	22
2021	57
2015	64

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Release date

October 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Projected data is taken from the reference scenario, which is based on central estimates of economic growth and fossil fuel prices. It contains all agreed policies where decisions on policy design are sufficiently advanced to allow robust estimates of impact (i.e. including 'planned' policies).

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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