According to National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), wind power generated over 20GW of electricity for the first time in 2022 and February was the lowest carbon intensity month since records began.
The greenest day on record, with a carbon intensity of just 52gCO2/kWh, occurred last week on 28 December.
Nevertheless, gas continued to play an important role in providing most of the electricity used across Great Britain in 2022, which caused continued pain for consumers due to high wholesale prices in the wake of the Ukraine war.
The share of electricity from wind turbines continued to grow – it provided over 70 per cent of the country’s demand on 30 December, when it reached nearly 21GW of generation.
Over 50 per cent of electricity was generated by zero-carbon sources in the months of February, May, October, November and December.
Over the year as a whole, these sources were responsible for 48.5 per cent of the electricity used, compared to 40...