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'Progress can be both quiet and spectacular': Britain's power grid emissions hit record lows

Cecilia Keating
Cecilia Keating
clock 26 May 2020 •
Lambrigg Wind Farm near Kendal in the Lake District, Cumbria | Credit: Steve Oliver
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Lambrigg Wind Farm near Kendal in the Lake District, Cumbria | Credit: Steve Oliver

Electricity grid smashed several records over the bank holiday weekend, with low demand and high renewables output cutting both CO2 and flexible tariff prices

Carbon emissions from Great Britain's power system achieved a number of record lows over the bank holiday weekend, thanks to a drop in energy demand and high levels of solar and wind grid penetration,...

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