'It's working': Clean energy supplies nearly 80 per cent of power in Britain on Saturday

Cecilia Keating
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'It's working': Clean energy supplies nearly 80 per cent of power in Britain on Saturday

Fossil gas' share of electricity supplies shrinks to less than 15 per cent over weekend as wind power meets more than half of UK demand

Just shy of 80 per cent of Great Britain's electricity generation was produced by low carbon sources on Saturday, according to the latest stats from the electricity system operator. National Grid ESO...

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