Powering Past Coal Alliance

UK grid runs for 14 days with no coal-fired generation, the longest stretch since the Industrial Revolution

Britain has now gone 12 days and 19 hours without using any coal-fired electricity

At more than 280 hours and counting, could the UK see its first entire fortnight without coal power by the end of the week?

UK has clocked up almost 11 days of coal-free power generation, while gas power has also been running at low levels

Grid operator confirms no coal plants scheduled to come online before 2pm this afternoon, meaning UK is set to complete a week without coal power

A Bank Holiday record of 114 consecutive hours without using coal power underlined the UK's progress in quitting its dirtiest fuel, but where next for the fossil fuel phase out?

Government confirms electricity grid clocked up 650 hours of coal-free generation during the first quarter of the year - more than was achieved during the whole of 2017

As coal use drops off, aviation is coming to the fore as bloc's biggest emitter

Rebecca Willis argues the controversial decision to approve a new coal mine in the UK is symptomatic of a wider political failure

County council claims potential for new jobs in the short term 'outweighed concerns about climate change and local amenity'