Provisional statistics released today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that the amount of electricity produced by wind grew 38% from 2012 to 2013. In total the amount of energy generated by wind grew from 5.5% in the mix in 2012 to 7.7% in 2013.
http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/renewableuk-news.cfm/204-02-27-2013-bumper-year-for-wind-power
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Stop the gravy train · February 28, 2014 at 10:59 pm
I like the way they describe gas as “eye wateringly expensive”, not a fraction of the cost of wind, which has to be backed up with gas or coal anyway.