DECC: Share of renewables increase 4.2 percent in 2014 Q3

UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has released energy statistics report for the 3 month period from September 2014 to November 2014, with comparison to the same period a year earlier.

Electricity generated in the third quarter of 2014 fell by 5.1 percent, from 79.5 TWh a year earlier to 75.4 TWh, reflecting lower demand.

The share of renewables (including tidal and wave) increased from 13.6 percent in 2013 Q3 to 17.8 percent in 2014 Q3.

Final consumption of electricity fell by 2.8 percent in 2014 Q3, from 72.1 TWh in 2013 Q3, to 70.1 TWh.

Of electricity generated in the UK, 14.9 per cent came from renewables in 2013. The shares of electricity generated by renewables for each country are: Scotland 32.0 percent, Northern Ireland 19.7 percent, England 12.0 percent and Wales 10.1 percent.