Wind is poised to overtake gas as Britain’s main source of electricity for the first time this year, as the country moves increasingly towards green energy. 

Research from Offshore Energies UK shows how wind outperformed gas during the first four months of 2024, with experts predicting that this trend will continue throughout the year. 

The industry body’s new report said: “It is possible wind (onshore and offshore) will be the largest supply source of electricity this year.

“Wind has provided more supplies than gas in the first four months of the year. This led to the carbon intensity of the UK grid falling to its lowest daily level on April 15, at 19g of CO2 per kilowatt hour.”

Last year, wind generated 82 terawatt hours (TWh) of power compared with 96TWh from gas and 37TWh from nuclear. 

However, several major wind farms have come into operation in recent months, including the world’s largest farm at Dogger Bank in the North Sea, 75 miles off the Yorkshire coast.

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