Anders Runevad , CEO of Vestas Wind Systems , the world 's largest producer of wind turbines , explains that Vesta 's could compete with any other source of energy in the UK , without the need for government subsidies , if the government removes impediments to a free market . Britain has 8.5 GW of onshore wind capacity and 5 GW of offshore. Runevad has accuses the UK Government of obstructing the use of new wind turbine technology , which includes complex electronics , feeding smart data from sensors back to a central control system , improved gear boxes and hi - tech components that increase yield and reduce noise . The government is due cut its support for onshore wind from April 2016 , however , a recent report from Bloomberg New Media Finance concluded that the global average for the " levelised cost of electricity " ( LCOE ) for onshore wind fell to $ 83 per megawatt / hour last year compared to $ 76-$82 for gas turbine plants in the US , $ 85-$93 in Asia , or $ 103-$118 in Europe . These figures show that onshore wind is either the cheapest , or close to being the cheapest , source of electricity in most regions across the world .
Anders Runevad , CEO of Vestas Wind Systems , the world 's largest producer of wind turbines , explains that Vesta 's could compete with any other source of energy in the UK , without the need for government subsidies , if the government removes impediments to a free market . Runevad has accuses the UK Government of obstructing the use of new wind turbine technology , which includes complex electronics , feeding smart data from sensors back to a central control system , improved gear boxes and hi - tech components that increase yield and reduce noise . The government is due cut its support for onshore wind from April 2016 , however , a recent report from Bloomberg New Media Finance concluded that the global average for the " levelised cost of electricity " ( LCOE ) for onshore wind fell to $ 83 per megawatt / hour last year compared to $ 76-$82 for gas turbine plants in the US , $ 85-$93 in Asia , or $ 103-$118 in Europe . These figures show that onshore wind is either the cheapest , or close to being the cheapest , source of electricity in most regions across the world .