The latest coal-free run has come to an end, with the record now set at 18 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes.
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The power grid has now been operating for more than seven days without any domestic coal generation, National Grid has confirmed.
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Great Britain’s power grid notched up another coal-free record over the Easter weekend, operating for nearly 92 consecutive hours without any domestic coal generation.
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Windfarms generated more than three times as much electricity last year than coal, new government figures show.
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EDF Energy is to close the Cottam coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire at the end of September due to “challenging market conditions”.
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Energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry announced £170 million worth of funding to help high emitting industries, like cement and steel, to cut their greenhouse gap levels at the UN COP24 climate change talks in Poland last week.
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Presenting evidence to the House of Commons environmental audit committee about the Budget on Wednesday (12 December), junior Treasury minister Robert Jenrick was quizzed about the announcement on carbon pricing in October’s tax and spending annual statement.
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The bosses of SSE, Drax and Orsted have urged the Treasury to retain a “strong” and “stable” carbon price in the upcoming budget.
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Combining carbon capture technology with biomass to deliver negative emission generation may give the UK much needed "elbow room" in its efforts to cut emissions, Claire Perry has said.
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The contribution of renewables to electricity generation hit a new record peak in the second quarter of this year as solar power picked up the slack resulting from the summer "wind drought", new official statistics show.
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A resurgence in coal generation driven by rising gas prices could lead to the first year-on-year increase in power sector emissions in more than half a decade, a new report has warned.
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Figures released by My Grid GB show the steady decline of energy produced by coal, with 210 hours powered without coal in 2016 and 624 in 2017.
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