What does this quarterly UK renewables and gas supply table show?

It tracks UK renewable electricity capacity, generation and load factors alongside the complete natural gas supply and demand balance, from imports and production to domestic and industrial consumption.

Which renewable technologies are covered in the UK data?

The series includes seabed and floating offshore wind, large scale hydro, landfill gas, energy from waste, sewage sludge digestion, liquid biofuels, shoreline wave and tidal, and animal biomass.

How far back does the UK quarterly energy supply series go?

The quarterly dataset published by GOV.UK official statistics starts in 1998 and is updated with every release.

What units are reported for UK renewables and natural gas balances?

Renewable capacity is recorded in megawatts, renewable electricity generation and gas flows in gigawatt hours, and the renewable generation portion as a percentage of total UK electricity.

UK renewables and gas supply, quarterly

Name: UK renewables and gas supply, quarterly
Creator: GOV.UK official statistics
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Two quarterly balances from DESNZ Energy Trends: renewable electricity — installed capacity, generation, load factors and share of all generation, for onshore and offshore wind, solar, hydro and bioenergy — and natural gas, from North Sea production, pipeline and LNG imports and exports through to what power stations, industry and homes consume.

Source: GOV.UK official statisticsLast updated: Sep 07, 2026, 10:35Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023	Q1-2023
Renewable electricity (DESNZ)4
Installed capacity16
Total renewable capacity	66,029.98	65,306.66	64,570.72	63,598.53	62,638.74	62,026.28	60,811.97	60,010.05	58,578.8	58,075.38	57,633.64	57,240.42	56,734.25
Onshore wind	16,637.21	16,430.69	16,363.58	16,316.28	16,154.27	16,199.27	16,122.47	15,655.36	15,561.72	15,531.89	15,476.46	15,445.29	15,390.39
Offshore wind — seabed	16,653.05	16,570.05	16,570.05	16,570.05	16,235.05	16,060.05	15,612.05	15,612.05	14,730.05	14,655.05	14,655.05	14,655.05	14,655.05
Solar photovoltaics	22,348.77	21,914.97	21,246.14	20,371.15	19,908.37	19,429.91	18,740.4	18,405.8	17,972.8	17,574.21	17,199	16,837.5	16,428.23
Large scale hydro	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08	1,477.08
Small scale hydro	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77	418.77
Landfill gas	1,060.23	1,060.23	1,060.23	1,060.23	1,060.23	1,060.23	1,060.23	1,059.41	1,059.41	1,059.41	1,059.41	1,059.41	1,059.41
Anaerobic digestion	640.31	640.31	640.31	640.31	640.31	636.31	636.31	636.31	636.31	636.31	636.31	636.06	636.06
Energy from waste	1,628.08	1,628.08	1,628.08	1,578.18	1,578.18	1,578.18	1,578.18	1,578.18	1,556.18	1,556.18	1,545.08	1,545.08	1,503.08
Plant biomass	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.47	4,635.17	4,635.17
Offshore wind — floating	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63	79.63
Shoreline wave and tidal	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sewage sludge digestion	276.76	276.76	276.76	276.76	276.76	276.76	276.76	277.37	276.76	276.76	276.76	276.76	276.76
Animal biomass (non-AD)	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32	129.32
Liquid biofuels	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.5
Co-firing with fossil fuels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity generated15
Total renewable capacity	43,659.67	43,482.05	36,054.81	36,421.69	37,035.15	37,412.04	33,297.82	33,844.9	39,929.97	40,269.19	30,653.96	27,903.17	38,538.27
Onshore wind	12,415.52	10,878.66	6,968.62	7,033.49	9,538.68	9,676.5	6,940.29	7,297.88	10,898.6	10,600.77	6,873.93	5,383.98	10,473.76
Offshore wind — seabed	16,897.86	17,738.95	10,824.91	10,479.93	12,976.9	13,846.39	9,837.62	9,994.7	15,126	16,023.5	9,796.03	8,578.14	15,037.31
Solar photovoltaics	2,699.72	2,121.93	6,937.52	8,412.33	2,652.78	1,833.29	5,546.34	5,768.28	1,843.8	1,915.5	4,967.49	5,745.95	2,262.59
Landfill gas	639.6	663.11	663.15	669.75	684.16	710.8	715.93	739.61	733.26	740.92	754.81	741.06	764.29
Anaerobic digestion	891.01	880.1	885.56	909.52	903.55	885.15	876.9	879.46	866.24	843.91	848.58	849.7	838.22
Energy from waste	1,349.16	1,369.35	1,340.76	1,305.17	1,332.6	1,367.92	1,388.61	1,352.16	1,345.64	1,335.03	1,336.32	1,313	1,345.63
Plant biomass	6,745.65	7,464.2	7,019.33	6,473.08	6,857.82	7,157.1	6,483.76	6,276.51	6,617.66	6,517.8	4,629.38	3,983.04	5,508.9
Shoreline wave and tidal	1.81	2.49	3.71	4.59	5.19	3.61	3.16	3.3	2.94	2.94	3.35	3.16	3.19
Sewage sludge digestion	237.24	225.67	226.11	250.81	254.26	247.47	245.33	267.06	259.11	250.07	246.53	277.46	272.06
Animal biomass (non-AD)	187.24	148.41	106.94	147.51	161.44	168.16	121.09	165.82	170.68	174.28	114.4	159.77	169.94
Liquid biofuels	21.16	21.16	21.16	21.16	21.16	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	0	22.97	22.97	22.97
Co-firing with fossil fuels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hydro	1,573.7	1,968.02	1,057.04	714.35	1,646.61	1,493.25	1,116.39	1,077.72	2,043.64	1,864.47	1,060.17	844.94	1,839.41
Non-biodegradable wastes	1,353.46	1,373.74	1,345.15	1,309.52	1,336.9	1,372.31	1,393	1,356.5	1,349.94	1,339.42	1,340.71	1,317.34	1,349.92
Load factor12
Onshore wind	34.76	30.05	19.32	19.84	27.3	27.12	19.78	21.41	32.1	30.97	20.14	15.99	32.08
Offshore wind — seabed	46.87	48.25	29.45	29.11	37.02	39.4	28.39	30.01	46.88	49.25	30.11	26.66	48.71
Solar photovoltaics	5.65	4.45	15.1	19.13	6.24	4.35	13.52	14.52	4.75	4.99	13.22	15.82	6.71
Landfill gas	27.93	28.33	28.33	28.92	29.87	30.36	30.59	31.97	31.69	31.67	32.27	32.03	33.4
Anaerobic digestion	64.42	62.25	62.64	65.04	65.53	63	62.41	63.28	62.33	60.07	60.41	61.17	61.54
Energy from waste	76.85	76.31	75.88	75.86	77.45	79.5	80.7	79.14	79.31	78.97	79.33	79.02	81.36
Plant biomass	67.37	72.93	68.58	63.94	68.49	69.93	63.35	62	65.37	63.68	45.23	39.35	55.41
Sewage sludge digestion	39.69	36.93	37	41.49	42.53	40.5	40.1	44.13	42.87	40.92	40.34	45.9	46.27
Animal biomass (non-AD)	67.03	51.98	37.45	52.23	57.8	58.89	42.41	58.71	60.43	61.04	40.06	56.57	60.84
Liquid biofuels	27.6	27	27	27.29	27.6	28.58	28.58	28.89	28.89	0	29.3	29.63	29.63
Hydro	38.43	47.01	25.25	17.25	40.21	35.67	26.67	26.03	49.36	44.54	25.33	20.41	44.98
All renewables incl. non-biodegradable waste	31.73	31.28	26.43	27.37	28.19	28.91	26.29	27.18	32.41	32.93	25.51	23.48	33.1
Share of electricity generated7
Onshore wind	15.09	13.6	10.6	10.56	11.75	12.48	10.67	11.22	13.9	13.34	10.03	8.08	13.18
Offshore wind — seabed	20.54	22.17	16.46	15.73	15.98	17.85	15.12	15.37	19.29	20.16	14.29	12.87	18.92
Solar photovoltaics	3.28	2.65	10.55	12.63	3.27	2.36	8.53	8.87	2.35	2.41	7.25	8.62	2.85
Shoreline wave and tidal	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
Hydro	1.91	2.46	1.61	1.07	2.03	1.93	1.72	1.66	2.61	2.35	1.55	1.27	2.31
All renewables, share of UK electricity	53.06	54.34	54.84	54.68	45.61	48.24	51.19	52.05	50.92	50.67	44.73	41.85	48.48
Bioenergy and waste	12.24	13.46	15.61	14.68	12.58	13.61	15.15	14.92	12.77	12.41	11.6	11.02	11.22
Natural gas supply and demand (DESNZ)3
Total supply5	237,110.31	202,467.5	101,023.81	116,571.3	256,550.84	218,016.06	103,423.02	126,748.32	238,153.97	202,807.55	112,173.22	143,529.97	242,036.93
Indigenous production	82,292.84	84,767.99	74,281.28	83,096.31	89,933.34	91,612.99	75,336.16	80,213.89	96,559.07	93,370.32	88,326.42	97,577.28	103,762.52
Imports1	171,610.62	142,184.32	76,714.04	73,334.3	171,459.25	138,187.21	85,646.32	85,714.99	143,752.37	140,083.98	64,393.52	112,453.93	177,987.31
Imports of liquefied natural gas	78,009.61	47,976.94	7,008.37	15,734.23	66,644.22	40,196.84	9,653.72	14,734.69	46,569.94	45,904.31	12,043.84	65,818.34	87,114.16
Exports (deducted from supply)	22,290.68	22,318.35	50,485.96	44,259.89	16,044.19	17,742.96	50,146.8	34,782.85	15,754.83	28,658.88	35,147.84	64,991.93	46,792.13
Stock change	4,192.82	-3,513.94	-841.79	3,068.84	9,872.27	4,682.81	-8,669.39	-5,650.99	12,329.03	-3,203.01	-6,619.95	-2,751.89	5,860.19
Transfers	1,304.71	1,347.48	1,356.24	1,331.74	1,330.17	1,276.01	1,256.73	1,253.28	1,268.33	1,215.14	1,221.07	1,242.58	1,219.04
Total demand4	240,748.29	203,486.2	104,316.51	120,138.74	252,444.35	216,961.08	105,358.43	128,085.88	236,915.23	203,816.34	116,240.5	145,512.95	241,420.42
Transformation2	62,146.26	58,955.91	44,127.85	42,204.71	73,273.38	64,810.12	40,814.62	40,142.62	60,570.71	58,635.36	55,037	58,194.18	63,455.82
Used for electricity generation	53,631.73	51,359.36	39,231.05	36,847.52	64,758.85	57,189.78	35,740.74	34,353.55	52,309.3	51,094.89	50,119.39	52,496.29	55,033.57
Heat generation	8,514.53	7,596.55	4,896.8	5,357.19	8,514.53	7,620.34	5,073.88	5,789.07	8,261.41	7,540.47	4,917.61	5,697.89	8,422.25
Energy industry use	10,635.14	11,192.17	9,930.79	11,089.1	12,520.68	12,968.86	10,948.45	11,514.25	12,542.57	11,339.48	10,961.15	13,641.03	14,753.85
Losses	1,844.33	1,463.16	730.97	512.21	1,213.12	1,288.94	996.43	923.4	1,570.03	1,524.92	448.18	984.52	1,750.74
Final consumption6	166,122.56	131,874.96	49,526.89	66,332.71	165,437.17	137,893.15	52,598.92	75,505.62	162,231.92	132,316.58	49,794.16	72,693.23	161,460
Iron and steel	748.08	418.71	496.81	584.2	748.08	738.61	937.38	1,029.54	1,112.85	863.88	906.38	941.72	1,110.32
Other industries	19,040.47	16,015.38	12,758.69	14,181.61	18,511.78	16,345.76	13,667.6	15,572.62	19,684.13	17,080.49	14,964.41	16,534.4	20,387.64
Domestic consumption	113,987.7	88,789.95	19,636.3	30,786.36	111,142.06	86,418.29	22,138.2	40,374.11	103,414.25	82,332.79	18,287.64	37,340.65	103,863.92
Other final users	31,836.74	26,099.4	16,104.93	20,259.01	34,525.67	33,904.31	15,415.71	18,086.8	37,581.05	31,610.34	15,228.5	17,482.94	35,747.49
Transport	509.57	551.53	530.16	521.53	509.57	486.17	440.03	442.54	439.64	429.09	407.24	393.53	350.64
Non-energy use	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Statistical difference	-3,637.97	-1,018.7	-3,292.7	-3,567.44	4,106.5	1,054.98	-1,935.4	-1,337.56	1,238.74	-1,008.79	-4,067.28	-1,982.98	616.51

Latest reading

Total renewable capacity stood at 66,029.98 Megawatts in Q1 2026. That is +1.1% from Q4 2025 and +5.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2010 to Q1 2026. Source: GOV.UK official statistics.

Latest: 66,029.98 Megawatts; Q1 2026
vs previous period: +1.1%; Q4 2025
vs a year earlier: +5.4%

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Frequently asked questions

What does this quarterly UK renewables and gas supply table show?: It tracks UK renewable electricity capacity, generation and load factors alongside the complete natural gas supply and demand balance, from imports and production to domestic and industrial consumption.
Which renewable technologies are covered in the UK data?: The series includes seabed and floating offshore wind, large scale hydro, landfill gas, energy from waste, sewage sludge digestion, liquid biofuels, shoreline wave and tidal, and animal biomass.
How far back does the UK quarterly energy supply series go?: The quarterly dataset published by GOV.UK official statistics starts in 1998 and is updated with every release.
What units are reported for UK renewables and natural gas balances?: Renewable capacity is recorded in megawatts, renewable electricity generation and gas flows in gigawatt hours, and the renewable generation portion as a percentage of total UK electricity.