Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK's energy was derived from renewable sources in the last year for which figures are available.

In 2014, under the Renewable Energy Directive measure, 7.0 per cent of the UK’s gross final energy consumption was derived from renewables.

Source: Table DUKES 6.7, Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2015, available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes