UK wind beats storms to supply 11 per cent of power in February

Jessica Shankleman
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Industry says new figures demonstrate stability of wind power against a backdrop of political uncertainty

The UK's wind power industry is smashing records on a monthly basis in what is perhaps one of the few upsides from the storms that have battered Britain this winter. According to the latest National...

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