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Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels
By Justin Rowlatt
Chief environment correspondent
10 June 2020
Britain is about to pass a significant landmark - at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power.
A decade ago about 40% of the country's electricity came from coal; coronavirus is part of the story, but far from all.
When Britain went into lockdown, electricity demand plummeted; the National Grid responded by taking power plants off the network.
The four remaining coal-fired plants were among the first to be shut down.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52973089
