Wind energy share of electricity production in Britain increased

Installed capacity of onshore and offshore wind power plants constantly increases in Great Britain. According to the Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, wind generated 9.5% of the UK’s electricity (5% from onshore wind and 4.5% from offshore wind) in the third quarter of 2015.

In the third quarter of 2015, 23.5% of the UK’s electricity was generated by renewables. With its share of 9.5%, wind is still the leading renewable technology in Britain, followed by bioenergy (9.1%), solar PV (3.5%) and hydro (1.4%). Coal’s and gas’s share of electricity generation slightly decreased in the third quarter of 2015.

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Article source Refocus - website of the Amercican magazine Renewable Energy Focus
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