Between January and March 2020 over 40% of the UK's electricity was generated from renewable energy.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released data which showed the largest increase in year on year quarterly generation, with renewable generation up 25% on last year for the same quarter.
This increase in generation can be attributed to a combination of both increased renewables capacity and favourable weather conditions.
Wind generation accounted for the majority of the share in renewable energy, with 32.4% offshore wind, up 53% on the previous year and 31.4% onshore wind, up 29% from last years first quarter. Some of this increase was due to an increase in capacity, with offshore wind experiencing a 19% capacity increase from 2019. Both offshore and onshore wind generation also had increased production due to high wind speeds, with February seeing some of the highest average wind speeds since 2000.
Bioenergy was responsible for over 25% of renewables capacity, followed by hydro at 6% and almost 5% from solar PV.
