Climate Changed
British Sun Beats Natural Gas to Provide Most Electricity
- Solar power climbs near record over sunny holiday weekend
- U.K. solar capacity set to expand 38 percent in five years
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Britain got a glimpse of its green future as the sun provided more power to households than any other energy source over a rare, sunny holiday weekend.
Solar generation rose to 8,728 megawatts at 2 p.m. on Sunday, just shy of the record of 8,910 megawatts on May 26 last year. The sun provided 26.9 percent of electricity supply, just beating natural gas, while coal output was zero, according to data from utility Drax Plc.