Sunday, 27 September 2015

Renewables overtake coal in the UK energy mix for the first time

Renewable energy sources (combined solar, wind and biofuel) have overtaken coal, the most polluting energy source, ...

Thanks to an increase in solar panels and wind turbines, as well as a particularly sunny and windy quarter, renewable energy has supplied a record 25% of the UK’s energy mix in Q2 2015, leapfrogging coal for the first time to come into second place behind gas fired electricity. It’s nearly a 10% increase on the same period last year.

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