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Power production from renewable sources again provided record levels of generation in the U.K. last year, with 43% of the nations electricity met by sources including wind, solar, and biogas, up from 37% in 2019.The U.K. government released its Digest of UK Energy Statistics DUKES for 2020 today, published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy BEIS .The data for total energy generation and consumption last year confirmed plunging fossil fuel generation, and a growing renewables share. Total energy demand, including petroleum fuels for transport, dipped to 1950s-era figures, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Total consumption was down 13%, year-on-year.In terms of electricity generation, the report highlighted a coal-free period of 67 days from April 10 to June 16, followed by another window of 55 days, to August 12. Coal fell to a 1.8% share of electrici stanley mugs ty g stanley cup eneration while gas peaker plants provided 35.7%.Growth in renewables outpaced fossil fuels, with the DUKES data showing, since 2010, renewable generation has increased from 6.9% to the current record high.Electricity generation by fuel, 2000-2020:Image: DUKES 2021 report, BEIS.Solar s roleSolar generation growth has slowed in the U.K., with its share of the renewable mix standing at 28% in 2020. Solar generation grew 4.6% last year, from 2019, largely because of better weather.Figures from BEIS indicate only 238 MW of solar PV was added during a Covid-19-affect stanley cup ed 2020:Solar photovoltaics installed |