Last year was a huge victory for the UK’s renewable sector, with project approvals hitting an all-time high and offshore wind farms providing nearly 17 per cent of national electricity output.
On 5 December 2025, wind generated a record-breaking 23,825 megawatts of electricity – enough to power more than 23 million homes. However, Octopus Energy, one of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers, has created The Wasted Wind methodology to highlight the squandered costs of wind power.
