Great Britain records two weeks of coal-free electricity generation

England, Scotland and Wales went for two weeks without coal at 3.12pm on Friday

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Great Britain has hit a new power milestone - lasting for a fortnight without using any coal power to generate electricity for the first time since the industrial revolution.

The system which supplies electricity across England, Scotland and Wales went for two weeks without coal at 3:12pm BST precisely, according to the National Grid Electricity System Operator.