UK generation capacity has transformed over the last hundred years

UK electricity generation capacity from 1920 to 2024 (GW)

Please note there is a data break between sources from 2010 to 2011 and figures do not reconcile perfectly
Source: 1920-2010 data from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: UK Electricity capacity and generation by fuel between 1920 and 2020. 2011-2024 data from DUKES table 5.12Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper