The UK is becoming a sneaky renewables champion →

From the Guardian:

“Renewable energy made up almost half of Britain’s electricity generation in the first three months of the year, with a surge in wind power helping to set a new record for clean energy.

The government’s official data has revealed that renewable energy made up 47% of the UK’s electricity generation in the first three months of the year, smashing the previous quarterly record of 39% set last year.

Those crafty Brits!

“The “substantial increase” in the UK’s total renewable energy output was chiefly driven by a growth in electricity generated by solar panels and wind farms which climbed by more than a third over the last year, according to the government’s energy analysts.”

And:

“Offshore wind farms powered the largest increase in renewable energy in the first quarter of the year, climbing by 53% compared with the previous year, while onshore wind generation grew by a fifth.”

“Rebecca Williams, of Renewable UK, said the renewable energy industry’s records were bound to be broken again in the years ahead as the government worked on “a massive expansion of renewables as part of the UK’s green economic recovery”.

Count me impressed.