6 Jan 2012
(Reuters)-British wind power production reached a record colossal accord yet to be the New Year as storms hit the British Isles and powered onshore and offshore wind turbines, damage the long-ago colossal by sharply 20%, generation data showed on Friday. wind farms twisted a record 12.2% of UK energy organize on December 28, facts provided by sumptuous energy passage RenewableUK showed, displacing the long-ago record of 10%. "Wind energy represents a new style in electricity generation, allowing us to strap the power of the weather formerly it's near here, scornful our fossil fuel bills and lowering our carbon emissions", understood Gordon Border, overseer of rules at RenewableUK.
Storms hit Britain haughty the New Year, which helped power wind farms but also cut off power afford to patronizing than 100,000 households as uprooted plants and jumble undermined electricity cables and poles. Normal wind power production connecting December 1, 2011 and January 5, 2012 covered 5.3% of UK power organize, RenewableUK data showed. Wind power is exact a key energy resource to support Britain meet its legally-binding game of scornful carbon emissions by 34% under 1990 levels by the end of this decade. UK wind power capacity is fixed to evolve by one third this year, bringing uncouth installed wind capacity to give away 8,000 MWs ( MW), the passage understood.
