Windfarms in Great Britain break record for clean power generation
by Jillian Ambrose from Environment | The Guardian on (#5BVW0)
Forty per cent of Friday's electricity was generated in windfarms thanks to blustery winter weather
Blustery winter weather helped Great Britain's windfarms set a record for clean power generation, which made up more than 40% of its electricity on Friday.
Wind turbines generated 17.3GW on Friday afternoon, according to figures from the electricity system operator, narrowly beating the previous record set in early January this year.
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