Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales continuously rose in the period of consideration. Between 2016 and 2019, total installed capacity increased by 650.2 megawatts electrical. In Wales, wind was by far the leading renewable source, accounting with 57 percent of the total installed capacity in 2019. At that time, solar photovoltaic (PV) ranked second, at 1.1 gigawatts electrical or 17.5 percent of Wales's total installed capacity.
Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by source (in megawatts electrical)
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GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (September 24, 2020). Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by source (in megawatts electrical) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/383282/istalled-electricity-generating-capacities-in-wales-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by source (in megawatts electrical)." Chart. September 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383282/istalled-electricity-generating-capacities-in-wales-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2020). Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by source (in megawatts electrical). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383282/istalled-electricity-generating-capacities-in-wales-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Installed Capacity of Sites Generating Electricity from Renewable Sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by Source (in Megawatts Electrical)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383282/istalled-electricity-generating-capacities-in-wales-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by source (in megawatts electrical) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383282/istalled-electricity-generating-capacities-in-wales-uk/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Wales between 2016 and 2019, by source (in megawatts electrical) [Graph], GOV.UK, & UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, September 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/383282/istalled-electricity-generating-capacities-in-wales-uk/