Energy
Storm Pia leads to record levels of UK wind energy
Winds of over 80mph have been battering the UK with weather warnings in place for large parts of the country
The UK’s wind turbines generated a record amount of electricity on Thursday morning, the grid revealed.
Between 8am and 8.30am wind farms across Great Britain generated 21.8 gigawatts of electricity and supplied 56 per cent of all the power that was being used from the grid.
Winds of over 80mph have been battering the UK with weather warnings in place for large parts of the country.
It beats the previous 21.6 GW record which was ...