Windfarms in Great Britain break record for clean power generation

Forty per cent of Friday's electricity was generated in windfarms thanks to blustery winter weather

Blustery winter weather helped Great Britain's windfarms set a record for clean power generation, which made up more than 40% of its electricity on Friday.

Wind turbines generated 17.3GW on Friday afternoon, according to figures from the electricity system operator, narrowly beating the previous record set in early January this year.