Energy
Electricity demand and supply: the plan
For contextThat is 72% more than now, as cars and heating switch to electricity. Renewables supplied 54% in 2024; the projection has 63% in 2030 and 50% in 2050. Renewable output still grows, from 160 to 254 TWh, but demand grows faster and is met by gas and imports
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Electricity demand and supply: the plan
For contextWind and solar built against the Clean Power 2030 plan
What it means: the coloured areas show electricity supplied by source, actual to 2024 and then the government’s central projection to 2050; the black line is demand from users. The projection is the government’s reference scenario, which counts only policies already funded and in place, so it is not a forecast of the Clean Power 2030 plan: the plan aims for at least 95% of Great Britain’s electricity from clean sources by 2030, which is tracked on the clean electricity card. Shares here are of all electricity supplied, including imports. Supply is higher than demand because some electricity is lost in the network and used by the energy industry. The table below compares wind and solar capacity built so far in Great Britain with the ranges in the plan; the bar shows what exists now and the outlined box the 2030 range. Battery capacity is not yet in the official statistics.
Source: DESNZ, energy and emissions projections 2024 to 2050, annexes F and J (reference scenario); DUKES table 5.12; Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.