Clean Energy Becomes Dominant Power Source in U.K.
- National Grid report sees gains by wind and solar power
- Coal supplied less than 3% of U.K.’s electricity this year
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The U.K. will generate more energy from low-carbon sources than from fossil fuels this year for the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
Wind, solar, hydro and nuclear plants provided 48% of the nation’s electricity in the first five months of 2019, according to the U.K. network operator National Grid Plc. Coal, which made up more than 30% of the mix a decade ago, fed just 2.5% at the end of May.