Wind Power
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the capacity is of onshore wind that started generation in (a) May to December 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to June 2014 and began construction (i) before May 2010 or (ii) after May 2010.
The Department does not collect data on when renewable project commences generation or when they start construction.
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. In terms of installed capacity, the figures for renewable energy projects that became fully operational are:
Total | Hydro | Onshore wind | Offshore wind | Solar > 5MW | All renewables |
Capacity (MW) | Capacity (MW) | Capacity (MW) | Capacity (MW) | Capacity (MW) | |
May to Dec 2010 | 3.45 | 475.493 | 300 | 0 | 833.5792 |
2011 | 5.138 | 463.207 | 183.6 | 0 | 933.8319 |
2012 | 11.3379 | 1317.841 | 1154.6 | 11.5 | 2718.4186 |
2013 | 3.6391 | 1432.7145 | 974.1 | 346.525 | 4016.7711 |
Jan to May 014 | 6.52 | 78.545 | 0 | 577.99 | 848.949 |
Total | 30.085 | 3767.8005 | 2612.3 | 936.015 | 9351.5498 |