UK hits single-instant record 87.6% wind generation, annual record 26.8%

TL;DR

According to a year-end review by National Grid, the UK’s electricity generation mix in 2022 saw a new r4cord share for wind energy of 26.8 per cent, beaten only by gas with 38.5%.However, as the National Grid ESO Twitter account is currently demonstrating, wind generation in January is regularly accounting for more than 50% of British electricity – while gas is struggling to get out of the single-digit realm.January is always a historic moment for UK renewable energy generation, and regularly serves to highlight the successes of the year just finished – just as spring does the same in Australia.The first time wind generation provided over 20GW of electricity occurred during in November 2022, but has now set new records above that margin repeatedly in just a fortnight.Zero carbon sources are not only setting records during the Northern winter, either, with zero carbon electricity sources providing over 50% of electricity in February, May, October, November, and December of 2022."

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