Offshore wind output in the UK increased 10% in the first three months of the year to 5.1TWh, compared with the same period last year, according to government figures.
Overall, renewable energy output in the UK was up 6.4% in the first quarter of 2016 on the first three months of last year.
Onshore wind saw a 10.5% decline in the period to 6.4TWh, compared with the same period of 2015.
But solar output jumped almost 41% to 1.34TWh, bioenergy went up 18.0% at 8.3TWh and hydro was up 1.8% to 2.1TWh.
Solar now has the largest share of UK renewable capacity, overtaking onshore wind, the government said.
Renewables total share of generation stood at 25.1% in the first quarter, an increase of 2.3 percentage points on 2015’s first three months.
The government said the increases were mainly down to increased capacity, with renewables up 3.4GW at 31.3GW on the same period last year and 0.8GW higher than the fourth quarter of 2015.
Image: Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm (Dong Energy)
