A new wind record has been set for Britain, with enough electricity generated from turbines to power 22 million homes, the system operator has said.

The record of 22,711 megawatts (MW) set at 7.30pm on November 11 beats the previous high for wind power generation of 22,253 MW set on December 18 2024, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) said.

At the time, as the country experienced windy conditions, particularly in the north of England and Scotland , wind was providing 43.6% of Great Britain’s electricity, enough to keep around three quarters of British homes powered, Neso said.

A further 12.1% of generation was coming from “embedded wind” which supplies power directly to local distribution networks rather than the high voltage transmission network, bringing the overall shar

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