Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Renewable power such as wind and solar provided a record 52.5 per cent of Britain’s electricity generation in 2025, according to Government data. Britain has a target to largely decarbonise its electricity sector by 2030, which will require a huge scale-up of renewable power.
According to the latest Energy Trends report published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the figure surpasses the previous high of 50.4 per cent recorded in 2024 and comes alongside a new record for clean power generation, which reached 152.5 TWh, up 5.7 per cent year-on-year.
The increase in renewable generation was largely driven by strong performance from wind and solar, both of which produced ten times more electricity than in 2015. Wind remained the dominant source, accounting for a record 30% per cent of total electricity generation (87.1 TWh), up from 29.2 per cent in 2024. Overall, wind was responsible for 57.1 per cent of total renewable generation.
Solar also reached a new high, supplying 6.9 per cent per cent of the UK’s electricity (20 TWh), a significant increase from 5.1 per cent in the previous year, supported by expanded capacity and higher average sunlight hours.
Despite the growth in renewables, the overall share of low-carbon electricity — including nuclear — remained broadly stable at 64.8 per cent in 2025 (188.3 TWh), slightly up from 64.6 per cent in 2024.
