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UK wind power overtakes coal for first time
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/06/uk-wind-power-coal-green-groups-carbon-taxes[font face=Serif][font size=5]UK wind power overtakes coal for first time[/font]
[font size=4]Green groups hail analysis showing collapse in coal due to power station closures and rising carbon taxes[/font]
Adam Vaughan
Friday 6 January 2017 04.54 EST
[font size=3]Windfarms across the UK generated more electricity in 2016 than coal power plants for the first time, according to an analyst’s estimates.
Three major coal power stations closed last year, causing coal electricity generation to plummet to 9.2%, down from 22.6% in 2015. Wind power provided 11.5% of generation in 2016, slightly down from 12% in 2015.
Coal’s collapse was described as a “milestone” by climate analysts Carbon Brief, and saw coal-fuelled electricity output at its lowest in 80 years. Green groups described it as “fantastic news”.
“The past 12 months have seen a year of firsts for the UK’s electricity system. At the broadest level, the UK grid is changing as centralised power stations are joined by thousands of smaller sites, particularly renewables, as part of efforts to decarbonise electricity supplies,” wrote Simon Evans, policy editor at Carbon Brief.
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[font size=4]Green groups hail analysis showing collapse in coal due to power station closures and rising carbon taxes[/font]
Adam Vaughan
Friday 6 January 2017 04.54 EST
[font size=3]Windfarms across the UK generated more electricity in 2016 than coal power plants for the first time, according to an analyst’s estimates.
Three major coal power stations closed last year, causing coal electricity generation to plummet to 9.2%, down from 22.6% in 2015. Wind power provided 11.5% of generation in 2016, slightly down from 12% in 2015.
Coal’s collapse was described as a “milestone” by climate analysts Carbon Brief, and saw coal-fuelled electricity output at its lowest in 80 years. Green groups described it as “fantastic news”.
“The past 12 months have seen a year of firsts for the UK’s electricity system. At the broadest level, the UK grid is changing as centralised power stations are joined by thousands of smaller sites, particularly renewables, as part of efforts to decarbonise electricity supplies,” wrote Simon Evans, policy editor at Carbon Brief.
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