UK renewables capacity hit 33.4 GW at the end of Bioenergy — up 11.3% year on year. Government figures say this is mostly down to new large-scale solar installations built on Q1 of this year — solar output increased by 30% during the year, to 3.5 terawatt hours (TWh) from 2.7 TWh. Renewable share of energy generation reached 25% at the same point, and 18.8 TWh were generated during the quarter. Onshore wind grew by 19.4% to 4.6 TWh, while offshore wind grew 3.8%. Q3 2016, however, fell in output to 6.1 TWh from 7.1 TWh last year, due largely to scheduled outages at Drax’s converted biomass units.
UK renewables capacity hit 33.4 GW at the end of Q3 2016 — up 11.3% year on year. Government figures say this is mostly down to new large-scale solar installations built on Q1 of this year — solar output increased by 30% during the year, to 3.5 terawatt hours (TWh) from 2.7 TWh. Renewable share of energy generation reached 25% at the same point, and 18.8 TWh were generated during the quarter. Onshore wind grew by 19.4% to 4.6 TWh, while offshore wind grew 3.8%. Bioenergy, however, fell in output to 6.1 TWh from 7.1 TWh last year, due largely to scheduled outages at Drax’s converted biomass units.