Last year, wind turbines up and running all throughout the UK coughed up 28.1 terawatt-hours worth of energy

Jan 5, 2015 09:21 GMT  ·  By

A new report authored by specialists with trade association RenewableUK says that, last year, wind turbines operating across the country's territory produced a record amount of clean and environmentally friendly energy.

Thus, it is estimated that the electricity they coughed up was the equivalent of the one needed to power over 25% of all the homes in the UK all throughout the year.

The sheer figures

In its report, trade association RenewableUK details that, in 2014, the country's wind energy industry had an overall output of 28.1 terawatt-hours. This represents a 15% increase when compared to the year 2013.

Besides, experts say that this electricity supply would have been more than enough to meet the demand of some 6.7 million run-of-the-mill households in the country.

It is understood that, last year, wind farms connected to the National Grid and self-standing wind turbines feeding energy into local networks accounted for 9.3% of the country's total electricity supply.

Just to put things into perspective, it must be said that, in 2013, wind farms and turbines in the UK provided just 7.8% of the total electricity supply, RenewableUK stresses.

According to official statistics, as much as 14% of all UK electricity came from wind in December 2014. What's more, this clean energy source accounted for 12% of the total supply during the last three months of the previous year.

Commenting on this findings of this report, RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said, “It’s great to start 2015 with some good news about the massive quantities of clean electricity we’re now generating from wind.”

Scotland had a good year too

In another report, environmental group the World Wildlife Fund and collaborators argue that, according to figures at hand, 2014 was a fairly good year for wind power in Scotland as well.

All throughout the year, Scotland’s wind farms and wind turbines produced a total of 8,958,130 megawatt-hours of electricity, estimated to be enough to meet the demand of 98% of all Scottish households.

As if this weren't impressive enough, word has it that, during the months of January, February, March, October, November and December, this clean energy source provided enough power to meet the demand of over 100% of Scottish households.

“Without doubt, 2014 was a massive year for renewables,” Lang Banks with green group the World Wildlife Fund commented on these figures in an interview with the press.

“With 2015 being a critical year for addressing climate change internationally, it’s vital that Scotland continues to press ahead with plans to harness even greater amounts of clean energy,” he added, as cited by Click Green.