A record 11% of the UK’s electricity was generated by wind in 2015 up from 9.5% in 2014, according to statistics from National Grid.
December was a monthly record, with wind suppling 17% of Britain’s electricity demand. The previous monthly record of 14% was set in January 2015.
A new weekly record was also set in December, with wind providing 20% of the nation’s needs in the last week of the month, up from 19% in the second week of November.
Wind also broke the quarterly generation record in the three-month period from October to December 2015, with 13% of the nation’s electricity demand met by wind, compared with the previous 12% high in the first quarter of 2015.
RenewableUK director of policy Gordon Edge said: “This is a great way to start the new year – the wind industry can be proud that it has shattered weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual generation records in 2015.
“This re-writes the record books. We’ve had a bumper harvest thanks to increased deployment and superb wind speeds.
“It also demonstrates why the government should continue to support wind energy.
“We can continue to increase the proportion of the nation’s electricity which we provide as we move away from fossil fuels to clean sources of power”.
Image: the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm came online in 2015 (Eon)
