Great Britain has broken the maximum wind generation record, producing nearly 24 Gigawatts (GW) of electricity, which is enough to power over 23 million homes across the country.<\/p>\n
Between 13:30 and 14:00 on 25 March, wind generated a new high of 23,880 Megawatts (MW) of electricity, beating the maximum generation record of 23,825MW set on 5 December last year.<\/p>\n
At the time of the record, 53.5% of electricity came from wind power \u2013 41.1% transmission and 12.4 embedded, 20.4% solar, 10% nuclear, 9.6% trading over interconnectors, 2.4% biomass, 2.3% gas, 1.5% from other, and 0.4% from hydro.<\/p>\n
Slightly earlier at midday, the solar and wind fleet produced 34 GW, squeezing more expensive gas-fired generation out to provide just over a gigawatt (1358 MW) \u2013 the lowest since April 2024 and making up only 2.3%\u00a0of the power mix at the time.<\/p>\n
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, and in July Britain hit a new solar power record, generating 14GW \u2013 which was nearly 40% of the electricity mix at that time.<\/p>\n
The UK Government aims to double onshore wind and quadruple offshore wind by 2030 as part of its plan for clean power.<\/p>\n
Kayte O\u2019Neill, Chief Operating Officer, National Energy System Operator (NESO) said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a world-leading record, showing that our national electricity system can run safely and securely on large quantities of renewables generated right here in Britain.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve come on leaps and bounds in wind generation in recent years. It really shows what is possible, and I look forward to seeing if we can hit another clean energy milestone in the months ahead: running Britain\u2019s electricity grid entirely zero carbon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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