25th anniversary of Blyth Offshore Wind Farm

That this House celebrates the twenty fifth anniversary of the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm in Northumberland, the United Kingdom’s first offshore wind farm, and recognises its pioneering role in launching the nation’s offshore renewable energy sector; notes that domestic offshore wind generation has reduced the United Kingdom’s spending on imported fuels by at least thirty billion pounds, strengthening national energy security; highlights that without offshore wind an estimated one billion pounds could have been spent on Russian LNG and coal imports; further celebrates that offshore wind has generated more than four hundred terawatt hours of clean electricity and now provides around seventeen per cent of the United Kingdom’s power; recognises that the United Kingdom is now a global leader in offshore wind deployment, second only to China in total capacity and home to five of the largest offshore wind farms in the world; further notes that Britain recently set a new maximum wind generation record of 22,711 megawatts, enough to power more than twenty two million homes; acknowledges the contribution of these early projects in driving the national transition from gas to renewables and enabling future growth and innovation in the wind energy sector; and reaffirms its commitment to renewable energy technologies that lower household bills and provide long term energy security for communities across the country.