Wind farms in the UK have notched up a new record for generation, after supplying 36.9 per cent of the country’s electricity on the morning of Sunday March 18.
Think this might be a new wind record. 13.9GW of generation, supplying a whopping 36.9% of the UK’s electricity! Can @NGControlRoom confirm? pic.twitter.com/RhWyP9pd7C
— Sarah Merrick (@SpeakSarahSpeak) March 17, 2018
According to the national grid operator, wind energy hit a record 13.9GW of metered output at 10am on Sunday morning, boosted by strong winds and the addition of several large offshore wind farms in 2017 – a record year for deployment. That output increased to 14GW by 11am.
The new record was confirmed by the National Grid Operator in response to the above tweet from a “wind-loving Walthamstow mum.”
The Grid Operator tweeted at 10.30am that renewable energy sources (plus storage) were providing 44.8 per cent of Great Britain’s electricity all up: wind 31.4%, gas 19.8%, nuclear 15.7%, coal 14.4%, solar 6.4%, imports 6.3%, biomass 4.1%, storage 1.1%, hydro 0.5%, other 0.2%.
Yesterday #wind generated 35.7% of British electricity, more than gas 20.3%, nuclear 17.6%, coal 12.9%, imports 6.0%, biomass 4.1%, solar 1.8%, storage 0.8%, hydro 0.6%, other 0.2%, national demand 858 GWh
— National Grid Control Room (@NGControlRoom) March 18, 2018
