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Green grid: UK renewables outstrip fossil fuels for electricity production for first time

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New Carbon Brief analysis reveals in third quarter of 2019 renewables generate more electricity than oil, gas and coal

Over July, August and September of this year the UK's solar, biomass, wind and hydro installations generated more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in the history of the country's grid,...

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