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Use of wind and solar to generate electricity in the UK 2005-2016

Wind and solar used to generate electricity in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2016 (in million metric tons of oil equivalent)

The data displays the levels of use of wind and solar for the purposes of generating electricity in the UK from 2005 to 2016. The figures show that the level of wind and solar in use has increased significantly, rising from 0.25 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2005, to 4.12 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2015.

2005	0.25
2006	0.36
2007	0.45
2008	0.61
2009	0.83
2010	0.89
2011	1.37
2012	1.82
2013	2.62
2014	3.1
2015	4.12
2016	4.11

Use of wind and solar to generate electricity in the UK 2005-2016

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