US EditionUK sees record-high electricity from renewables in 2025: study
Renewables supplied 47% of electricity in 2025, driven by wind, solar, and biomass, while gas use rose due to lower imports, nuclear outages, and coal plant closure.
- Renewable energy produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025, with wind being the biggest single source.
- Solar-Powered electricity rose by nearly a third compared to 2024, helped by the UK's sunniest year and expansion of solar panels.
- Electricity from fossil gas also rose slightly, highlighting the challenge of reaching the government's 'clean power' target by 2030.
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UK renewables break records, but electricity demand is growing
Carbon Brief’s annual analysis of energy use in the UK has revealed that in 2025, renewables were the UK’s largest electricity source for the first time, providing 47% of the total. Wind power was the largest contributor to the renewable’s contribution, making up 57.2% of its total, while the fact that 2025 was the sunniest year on record was reflected in an exceptional contribution from solar power, whose contribution grew 31%.2025 was the UK’s…
Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure
Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Climate yesterday: Renewables can generate significant amounts of electricity when conditions are right. On roughly a third of days in 2025, at least half of Britain’s electricity came from renewables, according to BBC analysis of Neso data. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz947djd3d3o How did Scotland do in this record-breaking year? Match the UK’s third of days providing half of the electricity demand? Y…
Demand for electricity also increased in the island kingdom last year after years of weakening.
United Kingdom: Renewable electricity production reached a record level in 2025 but emissions did not drop Admin FCE 02 Jan 2026 - 15:20 Countries and actors The share of electricity produced from renewable sources reached 47% last year in the United Kingdom, a record, but the use of gas has also increased, according to a study by the specialized media Carbon Brief.More CO2 emissions in 2025Thanks to wind, both on land and at sea, the United Kin…
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