Britain has gone more than four days without using coal-fired power to generate its electricity, smashing the previous record set during last month’s Easter weekend.
By late Monday morning, the National Grid said the UK had gone 122 hours in a row and rising without using coal, the burning of which is one of the world’s biggest contributors to climate change.
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The country has already gone more than 1,000 hours in total without needing coal in 2019, and this year is on course to smash all previous records.
“We believe that by 2025 we will be able to fully operate Great Britain’s electricity system with zero carbon.
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Experts have also warned most of the power previously generated by coal is largely being replaced by gas, which is now the dominant source of Britain’s electricity needs. »
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