Wind turbines are UK’s biggest electricity source for first time
Wind farms were the biggest source of electricity in Britain for the first time in the first three months of this year, after hundreds of new turbines started spinning.
Onshore and offshore wind turbines together generated 32.5 per cent of Britain’s electricity in the quarter — overtaking gas-fired power plants, which accounted for 31.7 per cent, according to data from Drax Electric Insights.
Wind farms generated 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in the first quarter, enough to charge more than 300 million Tesla Model Y electric vehicles.
That was up 3 per cent from a year earlier, despite there being less windy weather, because of the start-up of more than 350 new offshore wind turbines in British waters, including the world’s biggest offshore wind farm
