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The UK’s offshore wind pipeline is set to reach 100GW in the coming months but has lost out on the top spot for installed capacity to China, according to RenewableUK.

Consumers based in Northern Ireland were able to avoid paying a collective total of £500 million thanks to the nation’s wind farms having provided 42% of electricity for the year.

The wind generation industry has taken a hit over the course of 2022 with Rethink Energy citing recessionary pricing as a key stumbling block.

Wind power could save each UK household nearly £250 in savings per year compared to gas, says new analysis conducted by RenewableUK.

With the energy crisis forecasted to hit its peak in the upcoming winter and into 2023, power price forecasts released by Cornwall Insight revealed that the low marginal cost of wind turbines means when they are generating, prices will fall before 2030.

On 23 September, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled the UK Government’s prospective Growth plan aiming to reduce the cost of energy bills, at an expected cost of £31 billion over its first six months.

The UK’s general public is overwhelmingly supportive in building new wind and solar farms in order to tackle the ongoing cost of energy crisis, according to Survation.

​Ørsted has revealed the “world’s largest” wind farm has entered full operation boasting 1.3GW of renewable energy generation.