Energy assets in United Kingdom
3,054 tracked assets, largest first. Country overview →
United Kingdom generation mix by capacity
- gas36.4 GW38.3%
- wind30.8 GW32.4%
- solar11.1 GW11.7%
- nuclear6.5 GW6.9%
- bioenergy5.3 GW5.6%
- hydro4.2 GW4.4%
- Other600 MW0.6%
Installed capacity of operating assets, not electricity generated — a GW of solar and a GW of gas do not produce the same energy in a year.
Capacity built per year
94.9 GW operating across 2,810 tracked assets, 17.0 GW under construction · last five years down 21% on the five before.
Built from assets operating today, by commissioning year — plants that closed before now are not in the data, so early years show only what survived. The forward bars are capacity physically under construction, not a forecast. A further 9.1 GW is under construction with no stated completion year. 843 MW of operating capacity has no commissioning year and sits outside the curve. 3 assets have an announced retirement date; closures are not otherwise tracked, so no net-capacity line is drawn.
85% of United Kingdom’s tracked capacity has an owner recorded.