UK renewable electricity output reaches all-time high

Second quarter of 2011 saw green generation contribute 9.6 per cent of the UK's electricity supply, a 50 per cent rise on 2010 Renewable electricity contributed an all time high of 9.6 per cent of the UK's grid mix in the second quarter of this year, statistics released today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change have revealed.

The 7.86TWh (terawatt hours) contributed by green energy generators represented a 50 per cent rise on the same time last year.

The surge in green energy was led by the wind energy sector, which saw output rise 120 per cent year on year, and hydroelectricity where output rose 75 per cent year on year.

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