'Historic milestone': Zero carbon power to outstrip fossil fuels for first time in 2019

Madeleine Cuff
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National Grid reveals UK on track to generate more electricity from zero carbon sources than fossil fuels this year

For the first time in its history Britain's electricity grid has become more green than brown, National Grid has announced today in what it says is a "historic milestone" for the Britain's energy system....

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