New wind farms, strong winds and a good winter for hydropower plants sent renewable energy generation surging to 19% of all electricity from January to March.
One fifth of all electricity was generated in Britain by wind farms or other green technologies in the first three months of the year, according to new statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate change (DECC).
New wind farms coming online, strong winds and a good winter for hydropower plants sent renewable energy generation surging to 19.4% of all electricity from January to March 2014, up from about 12% for the same period last year. The power produced was enough for about 15m homes during the quarter. It was hailed as a breakthrough by the wind industry, which alone provided 12% of the overall power produced, and a rebuff to critics who have said that renewables would never account for such a large proportion of the energy mix.
The statistics underline the significant strides being taken by the industry to meet government drive to reduce Britain's carbon emissions, although the scale of renewable energy subsidies remains controversial.
However, the data also shows that in 2013, only 5.2% of final energy consumption, including heat and transport, came from renewable sources - well short of the target of 15% by 2020 set by EU directives.
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