UK: electricity generation from hydro

Normalized electricity generation from hydropower in the United Kingdom reached a peak of 503 thousand metric tons of oil equivalent in 2020. Overall, the UK's normalized electricity generation from hydropower increased by 81 thousand metric tons of oil equivalent from 2010 to 2020.

Normalized electricity generation from hydro in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent)

Characteristic	Electricity generation in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent
2020	503
2019	500
2018	501
2017	492
2016	481
2015	462
2014	448
2013	445
2012	448
2011	441
2010	422

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Release date

July 2021

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

Supplementary notes

These figures form part of the renewable sources data used by the United Kingdom to indicate progress under the 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive.

The source notes that these figures are based on a 15 year average hydro load factor. Generation from pumped storage is excluded.

This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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