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2017: the 'Greenest Year Ever' for Electricity

posted by janrinok on Sunday January 07 2018, @01:48PM   
from the green'ish dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The UK smashed 13 clean energy records last year in the 'greenest year ever' for electricity production in the country, according to WWF analysis of National Grid data.

The sweep of new records was powered by the rise of green energy on the system, WWF said last week, with highlights including the first full day since the Industrial Revolution with no coal power, record spikes in solar and offshore wind generation, and record low prices for offshore wind.

The year's performance continues a trend of falling power sector emissions in recent years, as wind and solar replace coal power on the grid. Since 2012 Britain has halved carbon emissions in the electricity sector, and now ranks as the seventh cleanest power system in the world.

Also reported at:

• http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/uk-clean-energy-records-green-britain-2017-climate-change-global-warming-a8130151.html
• http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42495883

The "green" mix includes nuclear power.

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Original Submission

• Burning wood isn't green Burning wood isn't green (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 07 2018, @08:54PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 07 2018, @08:54PM (#619275)

  The UK is increasingly burning wood chips from chopped-down forests. Only by some weird EU accounting is the resulting electricity green.

• Re:Burning wood isn't green (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @02:13PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @02:13PM (#619503)

  it's not?! Really?! It's 100% natural, straight from mother earth. Just like oil and coal. I recycle old oil by dumping it on the ground, giving it back to mother earth who so graciously gave it to me. It's the circle of life!

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