Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much onshore wind generation capacity (a) is operating, (b) is under construction and (c) has planning permission as of 28 March 2022.

According to latest figures (BEIS Energy Trends 6.1), at the end of September 2021 there was 14.4GW of operational onshore wind capacity in the UK. BEIS’ Renewable Energy Planning Database shows there was 6.1GW of onshore wind capacity with planning permission by the end of Quarter 4 2021, of which 0.9GW is under construction.