The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) quarterly update for January to March shows renewables well up on the 12.4% share of power they delivered at the same stage in 2013.
Renewable output was 43% higher than in the year-ago quarter.
Onshore wind’s contribution shot up 62% to 6.6TWh in the quarter, with offshore 53% ahead at 4.4TWh.
Between them onshore and offshore accounted for almost 12% of all UK power in the quarter.
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