All electricity generated in Britain had been produced without coal for a new record of 18 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes, electricity system operator National Grid ESO said.
In a sign of how times are changing, this year has already seen a number of coal plants close their doors.Paul Ellis | AFP | Getty Images
"The previous record of 18 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes — set in June last year — was broken at 6.10am this morning, marking over 438 hours and 10 minutes since the last coal generator came off the system at midnight on Thursday 9 April," the company said. A national lockdown, in place since the end of March to try and tackle the coronavirus pandemic, had resulted in a "significant reduction in demand across the country, with an increase in domestic consumption being outweighed by reduced industrial demand," National Grid ESO said in a statement.
"Alongside other low cost options like onshore wind, there are huge opportunities for innovative technologies like marine energy, floating wind, battery storage and renewable hydrogen to accelerate the U.K.'s transition to net zero."
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