In the third quarter of 2024, final energy consumption in the United Kingdom amounted to around 32 million metric tons of oil equivalent. Figures peaked in the third quarter of 2017, with final energy consumption reaching 36.7 million metric tons of oil equivalent.

The energy consumption of the service sector in the United Kingdom fell slightly in 2023. Nearly half of the energy consumed by the service sector was used for heating. That did not include hot water, which used 1.49 megatonnes of oil equivalent out of the 18.41 megatonnes that the sector as a whole used in 2023. That year, residential buildings were responsible for significantly more greenhouse gas emissions in the UK than commercial buildings.

This graph illustrates domestic energy use in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2017. It shows that domestic energy use has increased just under **** percent since 1970. However, from 2010 to 2017 there was a ** percent decrease in energy use

In comparison, the energy use from industry has been in decline since 1970, dropping from **** Mtoe to a low of **** Mtoe in 2016.

This statistic displays the gross inland energy consumption in the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2017, in million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe). It shows that energy consumption has been falling during this time period, with a rate of growth down *** percent from 2006 to 2017. Inland consumption as of 2017 stood at *** million tons of oil equivalent.

This graph illustrates the energy use in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1970 to 2017, by sector. Transport energy use has increased significantly over the course of three decades, rising from **** million metric tons of oil equivalent in 1970 to **** million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2017. In comparison, energy demand from industry has declined overall, although there was an increase in 2017 from the previous year.

This statistic tracks the amount of electricity consumed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the United Kingdom (UK)* from 2009/10 to 2017/18. The majority of electricity consumption was from non renewable sources throughout this period, with levels in 2009/10 reaching 45,323,891 MWh.

United Kingdom Energy Consumption: Chemicals data was reported at 3,524.340 TOE th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,292.310 TOE th for 2016. United Kingdom Energy Consumption: Chemicals data is updated yearly, averaging 5,490.090 TOE th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,627.740 TOE th in 2000 and a record low of 3,292.310 TOE th in 2016. United Kingdom Energy Consumption: Chemicals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.RB007: Energy Consumption: by Industrial Consuming Group (Annual).

United Kingdom Energy Consumption: Construction data was reported at 725.200 TOE th in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 685.060 TOE th for 2016. United Kingdom Energy Consumption: Construction data is updated yearly, averaging 726.190 TOE th from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,150.000 TOE th in 1992 and a record low of 528.150 TOE th in 2007. United Kingdom Energy Consumption: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.RB007: Energy Consumption: by Industrial Consuming Group (Annual).

This statistic shows the amount of energy consumed from wood in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2017, in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent. The consumption of energy from wood increased significantly over the years, rising from approximately 914,000 metric tons of oil equivalent in 2000 to approximately 5.6 million metric tons of oil equivalent in 2017.

This statistic tracks the amount of energy consumed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009/10 to 2017/18 in megawatt hours. The amount of energy consumed amounted to 89,809,439 megawatt hours in the FY 2017/18.

United Kingdom UK: Energy Use: Kg of Oil Equivalent per 1000 PPP GDP: 2017 Price data was reported at 61.917 kg in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 63.083 kg for 2014. United Kingdom UK: Energy Use: Kg of Oil Equivalent per 1000 PPP GDP: 2017 Price data is updated yearly, averaging 91.444 kg from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 122.674 kg in 1991 and a record low of 61.917 kg in 2015. United Kingdom UK: Energy Use: Kg of Oil Equivalent per 1000 PPP GDP: 2017 Price data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Energy Production and Consumption. Energy use per PPP GDP is the kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use per constant PPP GDP. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2017 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.;IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics), subject to https://www.iea.org/terms/;Weighted average;Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

When do UK Twitter users (2017 to 2022) turn their central heating fully off, by month? This informal periodic survey on social media suggests that a substantial fraction of respondents (up to 10%) leave their central heating on year-round, which may lead to unnecessary energy consumption and carbon emissions., UK Twitter followers' heating status was polled periodically from April 2017 to July 2022. The poll question changed slightly over time. Per-poll results are captured in the data., , # EOU UK Central Heating On/Off Date Micro-survey 2017 to 2022 Result

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Analysis

A series of informal polls were run between 2017 and 2022 inclusive, asking followers to report if their central heating system was on or off (or otherwise). These micro-survey results are individually reported, and collated to capture, for example, what fraction of central heating systems are left on all year. Results are roughly in-line with UK government surveys/reports suggesting that a significant fraction (single digit percent) of UK central heating systems are permanently left on, controlled only by the thermostat.

One drive for the survey was to probe this fraction, since then heating can end up running unnecessarily on borderline days, or even cool days well away from the main heating season.

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This statistic shows the final energy consumption by the industry in the United Kingdom (UK) per quarter, from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2017. It shows that industry consumption peaked in the fourth quarter of 2015 at approximately 6.2 million metric tons of oil equivalent.

Total final energy consumption in the United Kingdom reached 35.9 million metric tons of oil equivalent during the final quarter of 2017.

This statistic shows the share of consumers in Great Britain who received information from their energy supplier about the forecast cost of their energy consumption from 2012 to 2017. 58 percent of consumers have not received a forecast of the cost of their energy consumption in the coming year in 2017.

United Kingdom UK:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Unit of Energy Use: 2017 Price: PPP per Kg of Oil Equivalent data was reported at 16.151 Intl $/kg in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.852 Intl $/kg for 2014. United Kingdom UK:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Unit of Energy Use: 2017 Price: PPP per Kg of Oil Equivalent data is updated yearly, averaging 10.936 Intl $/kg from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.151 Intl $/kg in 2015 and a record low of 8.152 Intl $/kg in 1991. United Kingdom UK:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Unit of Energy Use: 2017 Price: PPP per Kg of Oil Equivalent data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Energy Production and Consumption. GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2017 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.;IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics), subject to https://www.iea.org/terms/;Weighted average;Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

This statistic shows the amount of energy consumed from liquid bio-fuels in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2017, in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent. The consumption of energy from liquid bio-fuels spiked up significantly in 2005 and 2006, with approximately 173,000 metric tons of oil equivalent and approximately 202,000 metric tons of oil equivalent respectively. Since then consumption has decreased and amounted to just 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent in 2017.