Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of UK energy consumption is provided by (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms.

In 2017, the proportion of UK electricity demand ⁽¹⁾ met by (a) onshore wind was 8.2 per cent and (b) by offshore wind was 5.9 per cent ⁽²⁾.

⁽¹⁾ UK electricity demand was met by UK electricity generation and net imports.

⁽²⁾ Data is taken from the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2018 from tables DUKES 5.1 for demand and DUKES 6.4 for wind generation: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes