The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness McGregor-Smith on 2016-09-14.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the UK’s energy supply was produced from fossil fuels in each year between 1997 and 2015.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
The proportion of the UK’s energy supply produced from fossil fuels in each year between 1997 and 2015 is shown in the table.
|
Year |
Proportion (%) |
|
1997 |
88.1 |
|
1998 |
88.3 |
|
1999 |
88.6 |
|
2000 |
89.9 |
|
2001 |
89.6 |
|
2002 |
89.5 |
|
2003 |
89.8 |
|
2004 |
90.2 |
|
2005 |
89.9 |
|
2006 |
90.1 |
|
2007 |
91.2 |
|
2008 |
91.2 |
|
2009 |
88.9 |
|
2010 |
89.5 |
|
2011 |
87.3 |
|
2012 |
87.1 |
|
2013 |
85.8 |
|
2014 |
84.3 |
|
2015 |
82.0 |
Data are published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2016, table 1.1.1.