UK breaks record for coal-free electricity as decline of fossil fuel continues

THE UK has set a record for the longest run of coal-free electricity generation as the decline of the fossil fuel continues, grid operators confirmed yesterday.

It marked more than 438 hours and 10 minutes since the last coal generator came off the system at midnight on Thursday, April 9.Analysis by energy and climate website Carbon Brief revealed that during the record coal-free run, renewables have been the largest source of electricity, producing 37 percent of Britain's power.Just under a third has come from gas, 22 percent from nuclear and around 9 percent has been imported from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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