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> Gas and coal accounted for just 2.4% of power generation for an hour last week, > earlier this month the share of fossil fuels in the generation mix taken ov
by cinntaile 2y ago
> Gas and coal accounted for just 2.4% of power generation for an hour last week,
> earlier this month the share of fossil fuels in the generation mix taken over an entire day fell to a record low of 6.4%, on 5 April.
> 15 years ago, when gas and coal power plants made up 75% of the electricity mix, while renewables accounted for only 2%. Last year only a third of Great Britain’s electricity came from fossil fuels, compared with 40% from renewables.
There are several metrics in the article, not just short ones.