14 DAY TRIAL // In December 2013, wind farms up and running across the United Kingdom flexed their muscles and ended up providing for as much as 10% of the country's overall electricity demand during said month.
Fast forward a few weeks, and it would appear that wind power generation in the United Kingdom has pretty much gone into overdrive.
Thus, recent figures say that, in this year's February, the country's wind farms provided for roughly 11% of the total energy need. Otherwise put, they managed to set a new record.
In fact, Business Green tells us that, according to experts with the country's National Grid, wind farms were so busy on February 23 that they broke the previous daily record set in December 2013.
Specifically, their output accounted for 17% of the United Kingdom's overall demand.
Given the fact that the country is home to several wind farms and small scale turbines that are not connected to the grid, it is possible that this clean energy source provided even more power to people in the United Kingdom this February.
“The need to develop a secure, home-grown supply of electricity in a cost-effective way is at the forefront of people's minds right now, so it's good to see wind energy consistently ticking all the right boxes, month after month,” Maf Smith with Renewable UK commented on this achievement.
“To meet the energy needs of homes and businesses throughout the UK, it's vital that we keep on harnessing one of Britain's best natural resources. This makes us less reliant on expensive imported energy from volatile international energy markets,” he added.