onshore wind capacity reached 14,835 megawatts in 2022.
Between 2009 and 2022, the cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind power in the United Kingdom rose from 951 megawatts to a peak of 13,928 megawatts. By comparison, Cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in megawatts)
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (July 27, 2023). Cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/792374/cumulative-offshore-wind-capacity-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in megawatts)." Chart. July 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/792374/cumulative-offshore-wind-capacity-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2023). Cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/792374/cumulative-offshore-wind-capacity-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Cumulative Installed Capacity of Offshore Wind in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2009 to 2022 (in Megawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/792374/cumulative-offshore-wind-capacity-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in megawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/792374/cumulative-offshore-wind-capacity-united-kingdom/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in megawatts) [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, July 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/792374/cumulative-offshore-wind-capacity-united-kingdom/