Offshore wind savings on imported fuel costs

STO-REC-STAT5J2MV9T2 National
30 billionGBP
estimate

United Kingdom · 2001–2025

Offshore wind savings on imported fuel costs in United Kingdom averaged 30 billion GBP in 2001–2025 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
3. Wind Boosts Energy Security in Volatile Times
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Another study by EIU found that offshore wind has saved the UK at least £30bn in imported fuel costs in the past 25 years (ECIU)[9].

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APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2025). Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5J2MV9MAYX4ESEZZAFS7HAPJ00
MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2025, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5J2MV9MAYX4ESEZZAFS7HAPJ00.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2025. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5J2MV9MAYX4ESEZZAFS7HAPJ00.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2025offshorehapj00, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_5J2MV9MAYX4ESEZZAFS7HAPJ00}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
3. Wind Boosts Energy Security in Volatile Times
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_5J2MV9MAYX4ESEZZAFS7HAPJ00