Over the last 30 years or so, the way we produce energy in the UK has changed dramatically. For the majority of the 20th Century, oil and gas was the norm when it came to producing energy and these fossil fuels were the main part of the energy production of the UK.
This isn’t to say there was no renewable energy being produced – hydroelectric power was generating electricity in some areas, such as Dinorwig power station in North Wales, however this was a tiny amount compared to what was being produced via fossil fuels.
Around the turn of the millennium however, things started to change – in the late 90s, more technology was starting to be produced to help generate energy from renewable sources, and solar panels started to become more commonly seen on roofs around the UK as homeowners saw the benefits of the government feed in tariff scheme, where they got money back for excess energy that they produced and fed back into the National Grid.
Nowadays, there are lots more people getting companies like this Dorset solar panels company https://solarpanelsdorset.co.uk/solar-panels to install solar panels on their homes so that they can benefit from cheaper renewable energy.
Wind farms also grew during this time – in 2000 the first offshore wind farm, the Blyth in Northumberland was built and in 2008 the biggest onshore wind farm, the Whitelee wind farm south of Glasgow was constructed to harness the power of the wind to also help generate electricity.
