Renewables as a share of each country's generation; percent, selected years 2004–2024.
Renewable electricity shares are compared across the four UK countries at six points from 2004 to 2024. Each percentage measures renewable generation against total electricity generation in the same country and year. Scotland rises from 11.7% in 2004 to 73.1% in 2024, remaining the highest of the four. England increases from 2.4% to 46.8%, while Wales and Northern Ireland both ease from their 2020 levels by 2024.
Source 1: Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, 2020 to 2024
Publisher: UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Dataset/table: Electricity generation shares by fuel and UK country
Units: percent
Date checked: 2026-07-14
Evidence: Supports renewable shares for all four UK countries at the six selected years.
Shares are country-specific ratios and should not be interpreted as each country's share of UK renewable output. The selected years provide a readable view of the complete annual series.
The series selects 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 from the DESNZ annual renewable-share statistics. Each line retains the same country, denominator and renewable definition.
All four lines use the same workbook, fuel definition, selected years and percentage basis.
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