Oral statement to Parliament

Charles Hendry comment on the Quarterly Energy Statistics

Commenting on today's Energy Statistics, Energy Minister Charles Hendry said: "Today's statistics show a clear increase on the first quarter of last year across all renewables – with rises in wind, h...

• From: Department of Energy & Climate Change and Charles Hendry
• Published: 28 June 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Delivered on: 28 June 2012

Commenting on today’s Energy Statistics, Energy Minister Charles Hendry said:

“Today’s statistics show a clear increase on the first quarter of last year across all renewables - with rises in wind, hydro, solar and bioenergy generation.

“Alongside a 36% increase in renewables capacity in the last 12 months, this shows that the UK is powering forward on clean and secure energy and is clearly a very attractive place to invest.”

• View “Quarterly energy statistics: Energy trends and quarterly energy prices” on the DECC website.

Published 28 June 2012