New Energy World™
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Mohammed Rashaad, Technical Officer – Data, of onshore wind health and safety organisation SafetyOn, explains the group’s 2025 Incident Data Report, which was released last month.
The 2025 Incident Data Report recorded 669 incidents in the UK, a 2% increase on 2024, alongside a 7% rise in hours worked to over eight million.
I can say with confidence that the increase in hours worked reflects a busier and growing industry. There has been continued expansion of onshore wind operations as well as a rise in construction activities following the reversal on the ban of constructing new wind farms in England.
It is safe to assume that the general market growth and demand is what is causing the increasing activity across the industry. Half of our members have seen an increase in total hours worked in 2025 compared to 2024, while the other half has reported a drop in hours. This doesn’t imply that growth is stagnant, as there has been an overall increase in hours worked by over half a million hours; rather, it can be inferred that a lot of sites could potentially be moving from one phase to another, for example from development to construction or construction to operation.