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<p>The latest data is shown in the table below:</p><p><strong>Wind’s share of electricity generation in Great Britain, 2012 - 2021</strong><sup>[1]</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Electricity generation (GWh)</p></td><td><p>Wind</p></td><td><p>Total GB generation</p></td><td><p>Wind’s share of GB generation (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>18,805</p></td><td><p>356,492</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>27,052</p></td><td><p>350,502</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>30,501</p></td><td><p>330,216</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>38,414</p></td><td><p>330,115</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>35,426</p></td><td><p>329,971</p></td><td><p>10.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>47,136</p></td><td><p>328,490</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>53,974</p></td><td><p>323,413</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>60,835</p></td><td><p>314,607</p></td><td><p>19.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>72,350</p></td><td><p>302,615</p></td><td><p>23.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>61,955</p></td><td><p>299,068</p></td><td><p>20.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Provisional 2022 data for the UK will be published on Thursday March 30<sup>th</sup> 2023 in Energy Trends. 2022 data for Great Britain will be published in December in Energy Trends.</p><p> </p><p><em><sup>[1]</sup> Taken from data published by BEIS in Energy Trends: December 2022, special feature article - Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England</em></p> |