Will wind power end up costing us more?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The government claims the UK is on track to meet its clean power targets for 2030 following a record offshore wind auction.
However, in a world where the price of so many things is going up, it turns out wind is no exception.
Energy secretary Ed Miliband hopes the UK’s reliance on natural gas will be gone with the wind - but are consumers willing to pay the price?
Niall is joined by Sky’s business correspondent Paul Kelso.
Producers: Tom Gillespie and Soila Apparicio
Editor: Mike Bovill
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:08.4 | Coming up, the government says it's on track to meet its 20-30 clean energy targets |
| 0:13.6 | thanks to a bumper offshore wind auction. |
| 0:16.4 | But are the politicians spinning faster than the turbines? |
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| 1:23.9 | They might not be banging on about it quite as much as they used to, |
| 1:27.3 | but the government isn't backing away from its promise to have a clean energy grid in place by 2030. |
| 1:33.1 | A big chunk of that will be wind generated. |
| 1:35.6 | And the announcement of eight new offshore wind farms goes some way to achieving it. |
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| 1:49.0 | Enough offshore wind to supply power to 12 million homes. |
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