UK electricity coal free for first month ever
by Jillian Ambrose from Environment | The Guardian on (#547G9)
Coronavirus slump and sunniest spring on record send green energy soaring
The UK's electricity system recorded its greenest" ever month in May after running without coal-fired electricity for a full calendar month.
The National Grid, the energy system operator, said the country's sunniest spring on record helped generate enough solar power to reduce the carbon intensity of the grid to its lowest level ever recorded.
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