Green energy boomed in Britain over last three years: Survey data
London: Green energy has boomed in Britain over the last three years, according to survey data published Thursday which also highlighted accelerating investment in wind power.
Turnover in Britain’s low carbon and renewable energy sector expanded 15.5 percent to £46.7 billion ($60.8 billion, 54.6 billion euros) in 2018 compared with 2015, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a report.
That rapid growth helped create and sustain a total of 224,800 full-time jobs, compared with 200,800 three years earlier.
The expansion was achieved against the backdrop of Britain’s long-standing vow to become carbon neutral by 2050, when it hopes to achieve net zero for UK greenhouse gas emissions.
