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Positive year for UK wind sees 50 per cent growth
- 11 years ago (2012-06-30)
- Junior Isles
UK wind generation has risen by around 50 per cent in the past year, according to a statement from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Onshore wind output grew 51 per cent, year on year, to 3.6 TWh in the first quarter of 2012 due to increased turbine numbers, according to the DECC. Offshore wind also expanded 50 per cent over the same period.
The share of electricity generated by renewable sources increased to 11.1 per cent of the UK’s total generation, up from 7.7 per cent.
Britain plans to boost its 6.6 GW of wind capacity to 31 GW by 2020, as it chases a goal of getting 15 per cent of its generation from renewables by the end of the decade.
SSE Plc and Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. are two companies who contributed to the UK turbine boost over the last year.
Scotland, whose renewable generation rose 44.3 per cent to a record of 13 735 GWh in 2011 compared with 2010, is aiming to get the equivalent of 100 per cent of its energy from clean sources by 2020.
The first quarter of 2012 saw Scotland produce 4590 GWh of clean energy, a 45.5 per cent increase on the same quarter in 2011, the Scottish government said in a statement.
Scotland produced 35 per cent of its electricity from renewables in 2011, according to the government.
