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Britain has gone a week without burning any coal to make electricity - the first coal-free week since [...] the Industrial Revolution. [...] The world's first coal-fired power station was opened in London in 1882.
According to data, no coal has been used by power stations in Britain since around 1pm on 1 May. Instead, other sources of power have taken over, such as wind turbines, gas and nuclear power.
"We believe that, by 2025, we will be able to fully operate Great Britain's electricity system with zero carbon," said a spokesperson for the National Grid.
Time for British Prime Minister Theresa May to celebrate with more flights to Brussels?
Also at: Financial Times (Paywalled), Bloomberg, Ars Technica, and Fox News.
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Britain Goes a Week Without Coal Power for the First Time in 137 Years
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spagmumps, n.:
Any of the millions of Styrofoam wads that accompany mail-order items.
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
(Score: 5, Funny) by bob_super on Thursday May 09 2019, @05:00PM (1 child)
Soon, they'll have to carry wind to the North Sea, since they will have depleted all the local resource with all those windmills!
And the brave men doing the job will get windmill cancer!
It's a travesty!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 09 2019, @05:54PM
You probably won't want your son, Travis, hauling that wind then.