Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.
Electricity from renewable sources
8.0 terawatt hours
2024
A year earlier
7.8 terawatt hours(2023)
Estimated electricity generation by renewable projects in Wales each year, in terawatt hours.
Estimated by Regen for the Welsh Government: generation is worked out from each project's installed capacity using five-year average capacity factors, rather than measured.
4 commitments in the Welsh Government's Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 fall under this brief, in the Programme's own words. Under each is how often it has been raised in the Seventh Senedd.
Towards energy independence
Develop a National Energy Strategy, mapping Wales’s current and future energy needs and setting out a clear, long‑term plan for the infrastructure required to meet them.
Merge Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, Ynni Cymru and the Welsh Government Energy Service to create a strengthened national energy company to grow community ownership.
Raised in 4 speeches and 1 written question. Most recently on 13 October 2026, by Rhun ap Iorwerth. Matched on: “Ynni Cymru”.
Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.
Key moments in the Senedd
No Plenary statements or debates on this brief in the Seventh Senedd yet.
Related votes
No votes in the Seventh Senedd have been tagged with this.
Votes are tagged from their own titles and the agenda item they were held under.
Who raises it
Answering for the government
Ministers in post who have spoken most on this brief in the Seventh Senedd.
Each bar is the share of that party's speeches and questions in the Seventh Senedd that touched this brief, so large and small parties can be compared. The upright line marks the chamber as a whole: 1.7%.
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) is a proposed rail testing facility located at Nant Helen and Onllwyn on the border of Neath Port Talbot and Powys, which would be accompanied by renewable energy generation, a data centre, a hotel and a technology park.
Spring and summer 2026 have been exceptionally hot and dry in Wales. This weather can affect everything from health to agriculture. Climate change is amplifying this extreme weather, making it more common and intense.
As with other parts of the UK, people across Wales have been hit by a living standards squeeze since the 2008 financial crisis, which has been exacerbated over recent years by cost of living pressures.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the primary cause of climate change. These gases are released from a variety of activities central to modern life – from driving petrol and diesel vehicles, to generating electricity, and farming.
Tagged for: “pylons”, “Renewables”, “transmission lines”Official Record
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Contributions tagged in each month of the Seventh Senedd. No sittings were held in August 2026.Show the numbers
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September 2026
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