Offshore wind marks 25 years of growth as it reaches a fifth of power generation

Twenty-five years after the first offshore wind farm opened at Blyth, offshore wind now supplies 17% of Britain’s electricity.
New analysis from think tank Ember shows the sector has grown into the country’s second largest power source and now employs around 40,000 people.“The engineering and innovation in British offshore wind over the last 25 years should be a real point of pride,” said Ember analyst Frankie Mayo. The Blyth project was the first “truly offshore&r