The British DECC has released estimates on 2013 energy production and consumption in the United Kingdom. In 2013 total primary energy consumption for energy uses fell by 0.6%, reaching 205 Mtoe. When adjusted to take account of weather differences between 2012 and 2013, primary consumption fell by 1.8%. Final energy consumption was 0.5% higher than in 2012, at 149 Mtoe, but down 0.3% on a temperature corrected basis.
Total energy production was 6.6% lower than in 2012, at 114 Mtoe, due to record low production levels in coal as a number of mines closed, and oil and gas production as a result of maintenance activity, as well as longer-term decline on the UK Continental Shelf. Imports in 2013 were at a record high, with exports at their lowest level since 1980. Net import dependency rose to 47%, the highest level since 1975 and for the first time since 1984 (the miner’s strike) the UK imported more petroleum products than it exported.
Power generation capacity grew by 25% in 2013. Coal accounted for 36.3% of power generation in 2013 (a decrease of 3.1 percentage points on 2012) and gas for 26.8% (a decrease of 0.7 percentage points on 2012), mainly due to high gas prices. Renewable generation increased by 28% and its share of generation by 3.5 percentage points on 2012, to a record 15%.
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