The UK government has published accredited official statistics on residual fuel consumption at regional and local authority level covering 2005 to 2024. The release focuses on fuels outside the main gas, electricity and road transport categories, giving a longer-term view of how other energy sources are used across different parts of the country.
In this dataset, residual fuel means non-gas, non-electricity and non-road transport fuels. It includes coal, petroleum, manufactured solid fuels, and bioenergy and wastes, as long as those fuels are not being used for electricity generation or road transport. That definition makes the publication a targeted source for tracking a narrower but important part of overall energy demand.
By breaking the figures down by region and local authority, the statistics allow comparisons between areas as well as changes over time from 2005 through 2024. This kind of geographic detail can help show where reliance on these fuel types remains higher or lower, and where patterns may be shifting.
The publication adds to the UK’s official energy evidence base and is likely to be useful for local authorities, analysts and policymakers following energy use beyond gas and electricity. It also gives researchers a structured way to examine long-term consumption of coal, petroleum, solid fuels, bioenergy and waste at subnational level.
