{"id":2329,"date":"2025-03-20T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:22:08","slug":"capacity-and-production-statistics-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"Capacity and production statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After four consecutive quarters of wind being the largest source of electricity, gas took the top spot in the 4th quarter by the slimmest of margins, producing just 0.1% more electricity than wind farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Britain hit a milestone of 30 GW of installed wind capacity during December. Onshore wind farm developments took off during 2024 after the ban on their construction was lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gas bucked its longer-term decline by increasing output by 15% year-on-year during the 4th quarter. This was driven by lower wind output and higher demand, both caused by cold and calm weather conditions. Demand during the 4th quarter reached a three-year high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The rise in Britain\u2019s wind capacity over the last 20 years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-rise-in-Britains-wind-capacity-over-the-last-20-years@5x-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-rise-in-Britains-wind-capacity-over-the-last-20-years@5x-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-rise-in-Britains-wind-capacity-over-the-last-20-years@5x-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-rise-in-Britains-wind-capacity-over-the-last-20-years@5x-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-rise-in-Britains-wind-capacity-over-the-last-20-years@5x-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-rise-in-Britains-wind-capacity-over-the-last-20-years@5x.png 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Britain\u2019s electricity supply mix in the<\/em> <em>fourth quarter of 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Britains-electricity-supply-mix-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2024-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Britains-electricity-supply-mix-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2024-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Britains-electricity-supply-mix-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2024-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Britains-electricity-supply-mix-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2024-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Britains-electricity-supply-mix-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2024-1536x752.png 1536w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Britains-electricity-supply-mix-in-the-fourth-quarter-of-2024-2048x1002.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Installed capacity and electricity produced by each technology. [1, 2]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Installed-capacity-and-electricity-produced-by-each-technology-1024x466.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Installed-capacity-and-electricity-produced-by-each-technology-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Installed-capacity-and-electricity-produced-by-each-technology-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Installed-capacity-and-electricity-produced-by-each-technology-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Installed-capacity-and-electricity-produced-by-each-technology-1536x699.png 1536w, https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Installed-capacity-and-electricity-produced-by-each-technology-2048x932.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[1] Other sources give different values because of the types of plant they consider. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/energy-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BEIS Energy Trends<\/a> records an additional 0.7 GW of hydro, 0.6 GW of biomass and 3 GW of waste-to-energy plants.<\/em> <em>These plants and their output are not visible to the electricity transmission system and so cannot be reported on here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[2] We include an estimate of the installed capacity of smaller storage devices which are not monitored by the electricity market operator.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four consecutive quarters of wind being the largest source of electricity, gas took the top spot in the 4th quarter by the slimmest of margins, producing just 0.1% more electricity than wind farms. Britain hit a milestone of 30 GW of installed wind capacity during December. 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