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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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• Re:There's nothing to celebrate Re:There's nothing to celebrate (Score: 3, Insightful) by J_Darnley on Monday January 08 2018, @07:13PM (1 child)

  by J_Darnley (5679) on Monday January 08 2018, @07:13PM (#619646)

  > Still it's a good idea to start treating cancer at stage I

  Will the cancer reach stage II before I die? I am 31. I don't care otherwise. It is someone else's problem.

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• Re:There's nothing to celebrate (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday January 09 2018, @08:02AM

  by khallow (3766) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @08:02AM (#619913) Journal

  It is someone else's problem.

  If you die before you develop anything worthy of treatment then it becomes nobody's problem.

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