In the final month of 2013, a record total of over 2.8m megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity was generated by wind power for the National Grid - enough to power more than 5.7m homes, according to statistics.
The previous monthly record had been set in October 2013, when wind generated 1.9 MWh, or 8% of the UK's electricity needs that month.
Over the whole of December, wind power provieded 10% of the UK's total electricity demand for homes, businesses and factories.
It has been suggested that the surge was partly a welcome effect of the strong winds that battered the UK throughout last month, but also due to an increase in generation capacity over the course of the year.
The good news may have come at a crucial time for the industry, as leaders in wind energy urge the UK government to drop its opposition to new EU renewable energy targets in order to attract investment in clean energy.
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