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Europe > United Kingdom > Energy

Coal > Production 20,498,000 ton Time series [16th of 65]
Coal consumption 66,100,000 [15th of 41]
Commercial energy use 3,961.93 [25th of 119]
Electric power consumption > kWh 371,308,000,000 kWh Time series [9th of 132]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel 73.8% Time series [114th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear 23.7% Time series [17th of 223]
Gasoline prices 1.92 [2nd of 141]
Geothermal power use 6 [48th of 53]
Nuclear electricity generation 81.1 terawatt-hours [7th of 29]
Nuclear energy consumption 88 terawatt-hours [7th of 28]
Nuclear reactors operable 27 [6th of 29]
Nuclear waste generated 3.98 [2nd of 45]
Oil exports > Net 830,000 barrels per day [12th of 32]
Oil reserves 4,500,000,000 barrels [24th of 97]
Primary Energy Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent 226.9 [9th of 63]
Traditional fuel consumption 3.3% [88th of 130]
Usage per person 3.89 TOE per person [13th of 18]
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Wall plugs > Voltage 230 V [27th of 209]
Wind energy installation 888 MW [9th of 53]

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SOURCES: Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; Lund and Freeston; Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2000; ANSTO, IAEA, WNA; BP; International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Management Database, 1997 via ciesin.org; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; lEA, Energy Balances of OECD Countries 1999-2000 (lEA, Paris, 2001); World Wind Energy Association

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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AnonymMoose
3rd March 2011
How does UK manage to export more oil than it produces? Why does UK government justify petrol price rises by Libya unrest while in fact this country could be quite self sufficient?

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