'Great achievement': Blustery weather blows Britain's turbines to new wind power record

Stuart Stone
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Onshore and offshore wind turbines provided all time high of 21.8GW of electricity on morning of 21 December, National Grid ESO confirms

Britain's blustery weather has helped send yet more wind power records tumbling this week, with provisional data showing the UK's offshore and onshore turbines together providing an all-time-high of 21.8GW...

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