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Europe’s wind sector breaks generation record – again
The European wind sector broke its previous supply record on Saturday 28 October, with almost a quarter (24.6%) of the EU’s electricity demand being met by wind energy. This is the highest percentage recorded, with Europe’s wind turbines beating the previous record of 20% which was set on 7 October.
Conditions on 28 October helped – strong northern winds and a wave of cool air travelling across central, eastern and south-eastern Europe facilitated the record. Wind energy capacity in Europe is also continuing to expand. Offshore wind provided 2.8% of the demand, with onshore wind the rest. Wind power represented 109% of Denmark’s electricity demand and 61% of Germany’s demand on the day.
Power prices turned negative in Germany, with generators having to close power stations and pay consumers to take electricity from the network. Bloomberg reported that power generators paid customers the highest amount since Christmas 2012 to use electricity. Analysts at Europe’s wind industry body WindEurope highlighted hourly production records in Europe (90 GW), Germany (39 GW), Poland (5 GW) and Norway (0.9 GW) in the evening of 28 October.
News Item details
Journal title: Energy World
Subjects: Electricity markets, Offshore wind power, Energy consumption, Wind power
