Renewable Energy Resources

Wind power
Wind power is a large-scale, reliable source of power that’s already having a major positive impact; it provides enough electricity to supply 1.2 million UK homes every year. But we’ve barely scratched the surface.

Despite the fact that our wind is stronger and more constant than theirs, Germany has built more than ten times our wind farm capacity. Spain has built over five times more than we have, in just a few years.

Offshore wind farms like the London Array are planned on a scale that will generate the equivalent of the electricity needs for 750,000 homes. Some more recently conceived projects are even bigger, with a predicted output from one such offshore wind farm being about the same as the output from a typical nuclear power station.

 
Between onshore and offshore wind, the long term potential for wind power in the UK is enormous. Government figures suggest that more than a quarter of today’s electricity consumption could be provided by wind power by 2025 – and that to do it would be both economic and practical.