Zero coal fortnight: UK smashes records to deliver fourteen days without coal power

Madeleine Cuff
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UK grid runs for 14 days with no coal-fired generation, the longest stretch since the Industrial Revolution

Britain has completed an entire fortnight without any coal power, a record stretch that signals a historic milestone in the decarbonisation of the country's electricity grid. As of 3.12pm, Britain's...

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