Great Britain has broken the maximum wind generation record by producing enough wind to power over 23 million homes across the country.
On 5 December at 5:30pm, wind generated 23,825MW of electricity, beating the maximum generation record of 22,711MW set less than a month ago on 11 November.
At the time, wind was providing 47.4% of Great Britain’s electricity, that’s enough electricity to keep around three quarters of Britain’s homes powered.
The record is confirmed on the 25th anniversary of offshore wind power generation in the UK, when the first turbines were erected at Blyth off the coast of Northumberland in 2000.
Clean low-carbon energy now produces around 60% of our electricity, which is up from just 3% in the year 2000.
Britain now has five of the largest wind farms in the world off its shores, and in July Britain hit a new solar power record, generating 14GW – which was nearly 40% of the electricity mix at that time.
Gentle_Snail on
Really cool how we are breaking new records almost every month now.
spLint3r990 on
Great.
Can we stop paying through the nose for it now?
Bimblelina on
Snort, yes I read that wrong – giggles like a 5 year old
Sensitive_Double8652 on
I’m happy to pay for wind power just to piss off the orange pedo over the pond, we need wind farms next to every golf course in the uk
ohthedarside on
Its sad how we do all that we do for the environment then you have china making another 50 coal plants and Germany being stupid and shutting down renewable nuclear plants
Ardashasaur on
Fantastic news, and in spite of our ridiculously low number of onshore turbines, we are probably the most windy least onshore turbiney country in the world.
Rude_Society6232 on
An interesting fact is that Scotland alone creates enough hydro and wind energy to power itself. And sends excess down to England.
Also another fact is that the UK emitted about 318.65 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2022 while China emitted about 12.67 billion tonnes in 2022.
Another fact is we’re fucked.
RecentTwo544 on
Bear in mind it *is* very windy at the moment with powerful consistent winds coming in off the Atlantic.
Now this isn’t unusual at all, the norm in fact, but if we get a very cold calm period, which is also quite possible, we’re having to ramp gas fired power stations up to 11.
Our success in wind is fantastic, and should be highly praised, but we need to be careful not to rest on our laurels and fall into the same trap Germany did.
slipfan2 on
Lower the damn wholesale prices then. Enough of this marginal pricing nonsense. It’s a scam and is holding back a lot of real growth in this country.
AdrianFish on
I think it must have been that ‘bean’ I had for dinner!
Oh_Fuckity_Fuck on
Hey this is great news. My bills will be lower than ever.
They will be lower won’t they??
djwillis1121 on
The comments in these threads are always so predictable…
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Great Britain has broken the maximum wind generation record by producing enough wind to power over 23 million homes across the country.
On 5 December at 5:30pm, wind generated 23,825MW of electricity, beating the maximum generation record of 22,711MW set less than a month ago on 11 November.
At the time, wind was providing 47.4% of Great Britain’s electricity, that’s enough electricity to keep around three quarters of Britain’s homes powered.
The record is confirmed on the 25th anniversary of offshore wind power generation in the UK, when the first turbines were erected at Blyth off the coast of Northumberland in 2000.
Clean low-carbon energy now produces around 60% of our electricity, which is up from just 3% in the year 2000.
Britain now has five of the largest wind farms in the world off its shores, and in July Britain hit a new solar power record, generating 14GW – which was nearly 40% of the electricity mix at that time.
Really cool how we are breaking new records almost every month now.
Great.
Can we stop paying through the nose for it now?
Snort, yes I read that wrong – giggles like a 5 year old
I’m happy to pay for wind power just to piss off the orange pedo over the pond, we need wind farms next to every golf course in the uk
Its sad how we do all that we do for the environment then you have china making another 50 coal plants and Germany being stupid and shutting down renewable nuclear plants
Fantastic news, and in spite of our ridiculously low number of onshore turbines, we are probably the most windy least onshore turbiney country in the world.
An interesting fact is that Scotland alone creates enough hydro and wind energy to power itself. And sends excess down to England.
Also another fact is that the UK emitted about 318.65 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2022 while China emitted about 12.67 billion tonnes in 2022.
Another fact is we’re fucked.
Bear in mind it *is* very windy at the moment with powerful consistent winds coming in off the Atlantic.
Now this isn’t unusual at all, the norm in fact, but if we get a very cold calm period, which is also quite possible, we’re having to ramp gas fired power stations up to 11.
Our success in wind is fantastic, and should be highly praised, but we need to be careful not to rest on our laurels and fall into the same trap Germany did.
Lower the damn wholesale prices then. Enough of this marginal pricing nonsense. It’s a scam and is holding back a lot of real growth in this country.
I think it must have been that ‘bean’ I had for dinner!
Hey this is great news. My bills will be lower than ever.
They will be lower won’t they??
The comments in these threads are always so predictable…