Wind Power
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many onshore wind projects started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and received planning consent (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
The Department does not collect data on when renewable project commences generation.
It does however collect data, through the Renewable Energy Planning Database (https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/monthlyextract ) on when renewable projects become fully operational and when they received planning consent.
In terms of renewable sites, the number that became fully operational between May 2010 and May 2014 the figures are:
i) Consented before May 2010.
Hydro | Onshore wind | Offshore wind | Solar > 5MW | All renewables | |
Sites | Sites | Sites | Sites | Sites | |
May to Dec 2010 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
2011 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
2012 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 61 |
2013 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 51 |
Jan to May 2014 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Total | 18 | 157 | 9 | 0 | 246 |
ii) Consented after May 2010.
Hydro | Onshore wind | Offshore wind | Solar > 5MW | All renewables | |
Sites | Sites | Sites | Sites | Sites | |
May to Dec 2010 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2011 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
2012 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 143 |
2013 | 11 | 97 | 1 | 41 | 281 |
Jan to May 2014 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 47 | 91 |
Total | 29 | 183 | 1 | 90 | 616 |