RenewableUK and National Grid ESO have highlighted two wind energy records achieved in the UK at the end of 2022: one related to wind energy generation and another regarding the overall percentage of low-carbon electricity produced.
On 30 December, a new record for wind generation was set in Britain for the third time in the year.
The record saw 20.91 gigawatts (GW) of power being produced from offshore and onshore wind turbines in Britain, in the half-hour period between 6 and 6.30pm on the second-to-last day of the year.
This metric beat the previous record of 20.896GW set on 2 November 2022.
"The fact that the UK's onshore and offshore wind farms keep setting new electricity generation records shows just how important this technology has become in our modern energy system," said Dan McGrail, CEO of RenewableUK.
“Wind is now the UK's cheapest source of new power, so every unit of electricity we generate from it helps consumers by...