Fresh analysis from Cornwall Insight reveals that this boom is being driven by battery storage, which climbed to 28.6 GW from 14.9 GW in 2024 and offshore wind, which saw planning approvals jump to 9.9 GW from 1.3 GW in 2024. These technologies are rapidly transforming the UK’s energy landscape.

The growth reflects a longer-term shift as the UK fast tracks its transition to renewable energy. Many of the projects have been years in the making, with developers submitting plans well before recent approval dates.

The sharp rise in approvals also points to more immediate factors. Technologies such as battery storage have reached a greater level of maturity, enabling developers to bring forward much larger-scale projects. At the same time, some developers accelerated applications ahead of network Connections reforms, where development status helps determine queue position under the new ‘first ready, first needed, first connected’ approach.

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