Wind and solar energy, as well as energy efficiency measures, are serving to replace the overwhelming majority of power which in the UK had previously been supplied by coal power, according to a new analysis conducted by Greenpeaces Energydesk.
The UKs share of coal in its electricity mix has been plummeting over the last few years, ever since 2010, and has now reached historic lows. In fact, a report published last month shows that coals contribution to the UKs overall electricity mix fell to 6%, thanks in part to a massive retirement of coal plants during 2016 30% of the UKs coal fleet. Over the past 18 months, wind and solar have repeatedly chalked up milestones and records, outperforming coal again and again for the first time in the countrys history. In just the last year, UK solar generated more electricity than coal over the 6-month period of April to September, 2016, while the UK wind energy sector generated more electricity than coal for the whole of 2016.
