What progress has been made towards meeting the Governments aspiration of 20% of the UKs electricity from renewable sources by 2020?
4.6% of the UK’s electricity now comes from renewable sources. 2 gigawatts of this is from wind. By 2015 we expect that around 15% will come from renewables – a tripling of present levels. It is likely that wind power will continue to be the dominant renewable technology to help reach our 2020 aspiration. However, there are a number of important factors such as regulatory, planning and grid/network connection issues that must be addressed in order to reach our targets. BERR is working hard to make sure that these are resolved in a timely fashion.
