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UK Energy Generation Industry

Understand the UK’s Energy Generation industry, the companies within it and see how UK industry is responding to the challenge of net zero. View company data, sector trends, industry growth, key financial information and download our free sector report today.

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What is Energy Generation?

Energy Generation is the process of generating electricity using a variety of different techniques, methods and technologies.

The Energy Generation industry in the UK includes a wide range of companies, producing or supplying energy. This includes more established methods such as nuclear power and the use of fossil fuels, but also encompasses companies investing in renewables or using greener practices such as solar power and wind energy.

Often the Food Technology sector is associated with the use of technology to drive efficiency and sustainability, particularly within the agricultural and AgriTech industries.

Food Tech companies range from those developing next generation foods and food safety solutions to food delivery and AgriTech businesses.

Energy Generation sector summary

Key information you should know about the Energy Generation sector from our AI-driven platform of over 5 million companies:

Energy Generation has turnover of £266.5bn, meaning it is our 4th largest RTIC, and our 27th fastest growing sector.
The Energy Generation sector is one of our top 10 sectors for overall venture capital funding.
On average the roles advertised in this sector are 19.1% lower than the UK’s average salary.

9,923

COMPANIES CONSIDERED

£266,501,222,140

TOTAL TURNOVER

183,567

TOTAL EMPLOYEES

£3,928,460,000

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING

£489,700,513

TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING

5.3%

AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

Energy Generation verticals

Our Energy Generation RTIC is made up of 10 individual industry verticals, including verticals such as Bioenergy, Fossil Fuels, Hydrogen. You can find out more about the verticals by buying a report, visualising the sector on our platform, or by downloading the data.

Sector Code Description Records
RTIC0011 Energy Generation 10008 companies
Companies involved in techniques used to generate energy from fossil fuels, nuclear power plants, solar panels, biofuels, wind amongst other sources.
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- Energy Generation: Bioenergy
  2020 companies
- Energy Generation: Fossil Fuels
  2459 companies
- Energy Generation: Hydrogen
  661 companies
- Energy Generation: Hydropower
  395 companies
- Energy Generation: Nuclear
  290 companies
- Energy Generation: Nuclear Fusion
  46 companies
- Energy Generation: Offshore Wind
  Companies using offshore wind to produce electricity and companies engaged in the maintenance of offshore wind facilities.
  799 companies
- Energy Generation: Onshore Wind
  Companies using onshore wind to produce electricity.
  826 companies
- Energy Generation: Renewable Thermal
  1354 companies
- Energy Generation: Solar
  3384 companies

Energy Generation industry growth

We estimate that the UK Energy Generation sector could be worth approximately £345bn by 2027, based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.3%. Below you can see the five year turnover forecast for the RTIC from 2023 to 2027.

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– Geographic analysis & breakdown
– Key insights & trends

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