UK renewables capacity hit the GW at the end of Q3 2016 — up 11.3 % year on average . 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 % . Renewable share of energy generation grew 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 25 % 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.