Electricity volume generated from renewable sources in the UK in 2012 increased by 19 per cent in comparison to 2011. These are official figures published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. Renewable energy accounted for 11.3 per cent of total UK electricity generation. Total renewables, as measured by the 2009 EU Renewables Directive, accounted for 4.1 per cent of energy consumption in 2012. Installed electrical generating capacity of renewable sources rose by 27 per cent in 2012, mainly as a result of a 27 per cent increase in onshore wind capacity, 63 per cent increase in offshore wind capacity, and solar photovoltaic capacity increasing by 71 per cent.
UK primary energy consumption in 2012 increased by 2.1 per cent, largely due to the colder weather in 2012. However, on a temperature adjusted basis, consumption was down 0.6 per cent continuing the downward trend of the last seven years.
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