Renewable Energy Focus - UK wind hits 5 GW mark

Renewable Energy Focus - UK wind hits 5 GW mark

The wind energy industry in the UK is today celebrating a milestone of 5GW of installed wind energy capacity.
The announcement was made following the inauguration of the 300 MW Thanet offshore wind farm, off England’s south east coast.

RenewableUK Chief Executive Maria McCaffery MBE, said of the achievment, “Five gigawatts is an important milestone for two reasons: it takes us within reach of our 2010 targets on renewable electricity, while proving that each successive gigawatt takes less and less time to deploy. Renewable energy generally and wind energy in particular is not alternative energy any longer - it is absolutely mainstream.”