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Refineries Maxed Out Felicity Bradstock is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City.
She writes for energy websites and covers several other industries, as well as writing… The United Kingdom has dramatically increased its wind energy capacity over the last decade, producing record levels of wind power in 2025.
With several more projects in the pipeline, wind power is expected to contribute a significant share of the U.K.
energy mix by the end of the decade, supporting diversification aims and boosting energy security.
In the U.K., in 2025,wind was the largest single renewable electricity source, according to data from the National Energy System Operator (Neso).
Together, wind, solar, hydro, and biomass generated over 127 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity across the U.K., contributing about 44% percent of the country’s electricity, up from 50.5 percent in 2024.
Meanwhile, fossil fuels contributed 32.3 percent of electricity generation, almost entirely from natural gas.
Wind generated more than 85 TWh, or almost 30 percent of Great Britain’s electricity last year, with offshore wind generating a record 17.7 percent of the U.K.’s electricity mix, at 52 TWh, according to data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
“We secured a record-breaking amount of offshore wind in the last round, which will bring over £30 billion in private investment to the U.K., and it’s essential that we continue to procure good value renewables,” RenewableUK’s CEO Tara Singhstatedof the results.
“The last auction showed onshore wind is half the cost of new gas plants and offshore wind is 40% cheaper,” Singh added.
In the first three months of 2026, power from wind farmsrose by 31 percent, compared to the same period in 2025, according to London Stock Exchange data.
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