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Wind just generated more power than coal in the UK, for the first year ever

• JumpCrisscross 10y ago
  The "just" in the title led me to believe this was a one-day thing, similar to the recent spate of "solar just generated 100% of [Country]'s energy!" articles. That's not what's going on here. Wind generated more energy than coal for the U.K. in 2016. Perhaps the title could be tweaked to reflect that?
  • endswapper 10y ago
    The title is true to the publication, which is appropriate as far as I'm concerned. As a result, a suggestion regarding the title is best directed to the publication. Furthermore, the title includes the phrase, "for the first year ever." That should eliminate any confusion that might arise from your assumptions. Given that 2016 "just" ended this just happened. It's a reasonable expression and accurate.
  • qbrass 10y ago
    If you're going to be pedantic, The title should be "Coal just generated less power than wind in the UK." Wind didn't do anything to generate more power, coal was just replaced with natural gas.