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COUNTRY PROFILE

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, is a country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The country includes the island of Great Britain, which contains England, Wales and Scotland, the north eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. It has an area of 243,610 km2 and a population of 66 million in 2018. The capital is London and English is the official language.

Installed Renewable Energy Capacity

Access to Electricity (% of Population), GDP in Million USD (Constant Prices 2010), Inflation, Consumer Prices

Key Players

Agencies
Policies
Country Data
Case Studies

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for International Trade
Solar Trade Association

The UK’s Draft Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Renewables Obligations Scheme
Feed-in Tariffs scheme

National Statistics, Energy Trends: UK Renewables
National Statistics: Solar PV deployment
National Statistics - Sub-regional Feed-in-Tariffs statistic
Solar Power Portal

The Future of Solar Power in the United Kingdom
Solar Power Portal
The future scope of large-scale solar in the UK: Site suitability and target analysis

Graphs have been developed using HIGHCHARTS software under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License

Key Economic Indicators

GDP (current)

USD 2637.87 Billion

in 2017
GDP growth rate (current)

1.82%

in 2017
WB Ease of doing business rank

9

in 2018
Foreign direct investment

USD 64685.4 Million

in 2017
Lending interest rate to private sector

NA

in 2017
Domestic Credit to Private Sector

135.41%

in 2017

Key Energy Indicators

Electric power consumption per capita

5129.53 kWh

in 2014
Share of electricity from RE in grid

24.84%

in 2015

Sovereign Credit Rating

Standard & Poor's

AA
Moody's

Aa2
Fitch

AA

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