According to the British Ministry of Energy and Climate (DECC) to expose the first quarter of this year, the UK onshore wind power installed capacity increased by 51%.
DECC pointed out that the first three months of this year, the installed capacity of onshore wind power in the previous quarter 2.4 TWh to 3.6 TWh onshore installed capacity to increase the power of renewable energy means that the past year an increase of 36%.
Higher in winter rainfall, hydroelectric power generation increased by 43%, offshore wind power increased by 50%. Biomass generating capacity increased by 21%.
In general, the first quarter of renewable energy power supply about 3.8 percent of its total energy supply. To 2020, according to the Renewable Energy Directive, the UK renewable energy supplies about 15 percent of the total energy supply and is expected to By the end of this year, 4% of the total energy supply.
Energy Minister Charles Hendry said: "The statistical data clearly shows all renewable energy power generation clean and reliable energy in the United Kingdom compared with last year's first quarter growth in the proportion of renewable energy supply growth reflects the development trend, it is clear, it will attract more foreign investment. "
The total primary energy consumption as a whole fell 2.3 percent in the same time, the British fossil fuel consumption fell by only 27% of the total energy supply, natural gas, reaching the lowest level in 14 years. The first quarter, nuclear power accounts for about 17% of the total electricity supply, down 19 percent.
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