Wind
Turbine technology, siting, offshore and floating wind, and the projects shaping the UK's largest source of renewable electricity.
3 explainers6 news stories
Wind energy: how wind turbines power Britain
How wind turbines make electricity, how much UK power comes from wind, the key offshore and onshore projects, and the real pros and cons.
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Explainers
Choosing a location for wind turbines: how wind farm sites are selected
You find a wind farm where the wind is strong, consistent and cheap to capture. Wind farm site selection is not a guess; it is an engineering exercise that…
Kite power and airborne wind energy: how it works and who is still flying
Kite wind energy, or airborne wind energy (AWE), uses tethered flying wings or aircraft to reach winds in atmospheric layers that conventional turbines cannot…
Next-generation wind turbines: bigger rotors, recyclable blades and new designs
The most significant leap in wind turbine technology is not a new shape but sheer scale. As of October 2026, the offshore turbines going into UK projects are…
Key terms
Glossary →- Floating offshore wind
- Wind turbines mounted on floating platforms anchored to the seabed, which lets wind farms be built in water too deep for fixed foundations.
- Offshore wind
- Electricity generated by wind turbines installed at sea, now the UK's largest renewable source of power and the core of its 2030 clean power plan.
- Onshore wind
- Electricity generated by wind turbines on land, a mature and low-cost technology whose growth in England was held back by planning rules until 2024.
Latest wind news
All news →- Great British Energy widens its £300m supply chain fund to 29 wind and grid components
- Scottish Fishermen's Federation Warns Floating Wind Could Shut Fleets Out of Fishing Grounds
- TotalEnergies Launches Floating Wind Pilot to Supply the Culzean Gas Platform
- Is the Growth of Renewable Energy Harming Our Bird Populations?
- Sunak government eases England's onshore wind planning rules
- Vattenfall halts Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm as costs climb