Energy Trends and Prices statistical release: 27 February 2025
Published 27 February 2025
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Energy production, trade and consumption
Highlights for the 3 month period October 2024 to December 2024, compared to the same period a year earlier include:
- Primary energy consumption in the UK on a fuel input basis rose by 1.5%, on a temperature adjusted basis consumption rose by 1.3%. (table ET 1.2)
- Indigenous energy production fell by 3.8% with falls in the production of all fuels except bioenergy & waste. (table ET 1.1)
- Electricity generation by Major Power Producers down 2.7%, with gas up 14% but renewables down 9.4% and nuclear down 6.3%. Coal fired generation in the UK ceased at the end of September 2024.* (table ET 5.4)
- Renewables provided 45.6% of electricity generation by Major Power Producers, with gas at 39.2% and nuclear at 14.4%.* (table ET 5.4)
- Low carbon share of electricity generation by Major Power Producers down 3.9 percentage points to 60.0%, whilst fossil fuel share up 3.9 percentage points to 39.4%, with gas meeting the shortfall from nuclear and renewables.* (table ET 5.4)
*Major Power Producers (MPPs) data published monthly, all generating companies data published quarterly.
Energy prices
Highlights for February 2025 compared to January 2025:
Petrol up 2.6 pence per litre and diesel up 3.1 pence per litre. (table QEP 4.1.1)
Contacts
Lead statistician Warren Evans
Data periods and coverage
Statistics on monthly production, trade and consumption of coal, oil, gas, electricity and total energy include data up to the end of December 2024.
Statistics on average temperatures, heating degree days, wind speeds, sun hours and rainfall include data up to the end of January 2025.
Statistics on energy prices include retail price data and EU comparative data for January 2025, and petrol and diesel data for February 2025.
Next release
The next release will take place on Thursday 27 March 2025.
Data tables
To access the data tables associated with this release please click on the relevant subject link(s) below. For further information please use the contact details provided.
Please note that the links below will always direct you to the latest data tables. If you are interested in historical data tables please contact DESNZ: energy.stats@energysecurity.gov.uk
| Subject and table number | Energy production, trade, consumption, and weather data |
|---|---|
| Total Energy | Contact: Energy statistics |
| ET 1.1 | Indigenous production of primary fuels |
| ET 1.2 | Inland energy consumption: primary fuel input basis |
| Coal | Contact: Coal statistics |
| ET 2.5 | Coal production and foreign trade |
| ET 2.6 | Coal consumption and coal stocks |
| Oil | Contact: Oil statistics |
| ET 3.10 | Indigenous production, refinery receipts, imports and exports |
| ET 3.11 | Stocks of petroleum |
| ET 3.12 | Refinery throughput and output of petroleum products |
| ET 3.13 | Deliveries of petroleum products for inland consumption |
| ET 3.14 | Imports of primary oil and petroleum products by country of origin |
| ET 3.15 | Exports of primary oil and petroleum products by country of destination |
| Gas | Contact: Gas statistics |
| ET 4.2 | Natural gas supply and demand |
| ET 4.3 | Natural gas imports |
| ET 4.4 | Natural gas exports |
| Electricity | Contact: Electricity statistics |
| ET 5.3 | Fuel used in electricity generation by major producers |
| ET 5.4 | Electricity production and availability from the public supply system |
| ET 5.5 | Availability and consumption of electricity |
| Weather | Contact: Energy statistics |
| ET 7.1 | Average temperatures and heating degree days and deviations from the long term mean |
| ET 7.2 | Average wind speed and deviations from the long term mean |
| ET 7.3 | Average daily sun hours and deviations from the long term mean |
| ET 7.4 | Average monthly rainfall and deviations from the long term mean |
| Subject and table number | Energy prices data |
|---|---|
| Domestic energy price indices | Contact: Energy Prices statistics |
| QEP 2.1.3 | Retail prices index: fuels components monthly figures |
| Monthly and annual prices of road fuels and petroleum product | Contact: Energy Prices statistics |
| QEP 4.1.1 | Typical retail prices of petroleum products and a crude oil price index (monthly data) |
| International road fuel prices | Contact: Energy Prices statistics |
| QEP 5.1.1 | Premium unleaded petrol prices in the EU |
| QEP 5.2.1 | Diesel prices in the EU |