According to data reports released by the British State Grid, last year, British wind power generation reached a record high, accounting for 26.8%of the total power generation.
The report pointed out that compared with nuclear energy, wind power generation is greater than the power generation of fossil fuels. Although in fact, natural gas in 2022 is the country's largest single power generation source. According to the British State Grid data, natural gas accounts for 38.5%of the total power generation.
The data also shows that in the five months of last year, more than 50%of the country's electricity came from wind energy and nuclear energy. Even so, the British still paid high electricity bills, because, like the European continent, all the prices in the British power market are based on natural gas prices.
Britain is one of the countries with the largest wind power capacity in the world. The wind power capacity is 25.5 GW. The British government plans to greatly increase the wind power capacity. The goal of 2030 is the 50 GW offshore wind power. The country's energy market regulatory agency OFGEM wrote in a report at the end of last year: "The government's energy security strategy has formulated a series of steps to accelerate our dependence on fossil fuels that are harmful to expensive and environmental. This change is not only the problem of achieving the British zero -emission goals, but also highlights the necessity of reducing our dependence on natural gas from the perspective of supply safety. "
