Number of sewage gas generating plants in the United Kingdom (UK) 2007-2023

Published by Lucía Fernández, Nov 6, 2024

As of 2023, there were 198 operational sewage gas plants in the United Kingdom. Between 2007 and 2023, figures saw a net increase, peaking in the latter year. Sewage gas is a form of biomass used as an energy source, with sewage sludge digestion adding 1,008 gigawatt hours of electricity to the UK's power mix in 2022.

Number of sites generating electricity from sewage gas in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2023

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October 2024

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United Kingdom

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2007 to 2023

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This statistic is using original data from the Department for Energy Security Net Zero and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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