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UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttps://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks-electricity-was-cleanest-ever-in-2024 https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks-electricity-was-cle...
- gnabgib 2y agoRelated, somewhat Why are UK electricity bills so expensive? (193 points, 16 days ago, 341 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42472247 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42472247
- ksec 2y agoWikipedia shows Wind was generating 29.4% of electricity from Wind in 2023 and UK is expected to double the Wind Farm capacity by 2030. Apart from storage I dont see any reason why UK can not be entirely powered by off shore wind. If only we could stating working NOW on projects beyond 2030 and continue to try and push some of these date forward. Add in a few more Nuclear SMR. I am also unsure why Pumped-storage Hydro Electricity doesn't get any attention.
- hulitu 2y ago> UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources > Gas-fired power stations remained the UK’s single-largest source of electricity in 2024, generating some 88TWh (28%), just ahead of wind at 84TWh (26%). The remaining sources of electricity in 2024 were nuclear (41TWh, 13%), biomass (40TWh, 13%), imports (33TWh, 11%) and solar (14TWh, 4%). Wind + solar = 26% + 4% = 30%. Math is hard. /s