Renewables overtake fossil fuels in 2020 as Britain's power grid enjoys 'greenest year' yet

Michael Holder
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But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid

Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon...

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