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 "title": "Renewables' share of UK electricity generation",
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 "summary": "The share of all electricity generated in the UK that came from renewable sources – wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy and wave and tidal – each quarter over ten years.",
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  "Shares are rounded to one decimal place, as DESNZ reports them. The previous quarter is revised each release."
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     "x": "2016 Q3",
     "v": 25.4
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     "x": "2016 Q4",
     "v": 22.0
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     "x": "2017 Q1",
     "v": 27.1
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     "x": "2017 Q4",
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     "x": "2018 Q1",
     "v": 30.5
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     "v": 32.0
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     "x": "2018 Q3",
     "v": 32.9
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     "x": "2018 Q4",
     "v": 36.6
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     "x": "2019 Q1",
     "v": 35.4
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     "x": "2019 Q2",
     "v": 34.8
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     "x": "2019 Q3",
     "v": 38.7
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     "v": 37.5
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     "v": 41.7
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     "x": "2021 Q2",
     "v": 37.4
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     "x": "2021 Q3",
     "v": 35.4
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     "x": "2021 Q4",
     "v": 43.5
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     "x": "2022 Q1",
     "v": 45.6
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     "x": "2022 Q2",
     "v": 39.1
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     "x": "2022 Q3",
     "v": 36.5
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     "x": "2022 Q4",
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     "x": "2023 Q1",
     "v": 48.5
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     "x": "2023 Q2",
     "v": 41.9
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     "x": "2023 Q3",
     "v": 44.7
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     "x": "2023 Q4",
     "v": 50.7
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     "x": "2024 Q1",
     "v": 50.9
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     "x": "2024 Q2",
     "v": 52.1
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     "x": "2024 Q3",
     "v": 51.2
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     "x": "2024 Q4",
     "v": 48.2
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     "x": "2025 Q1",
     "v": 45.6
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     "x": "2025 Q2",
     "v": 54.7
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     "x": "2025 Q3",
     "v": 54.8
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     "x": "2025 Q4",
     "v": 54.3
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     "x": "2026 Q1",
     "v": 53.3
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     "x": "2026 Q2",
     "v": 55.8
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