UK heatwave helps solar power to record weekly highs

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Hot weather saw solar briefly take over from gas as the number one energy source

Britain's heatwave has helped break several solar power-generation records, and over the weekend the renewable energy source briefly eclipsed gas power stations as the UK's top source of electricity...

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