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UK Ends 142-Year Coal Power Era in Industry's Birthplace
Monday September 30, 2024. 06:40 PM , from Slashdot
The UK was the birthplace of coal power, and from tomorrow it becomes the first major economy to give it up. The first coal-fired power station in the world, the Holborn Viaduct power station, was built in 1882 in London by the inventor Thomas Edison -- bringing light to the streets of the capital. In the early 1990s, coal began to be forced out of the electricity mix by gas, but coal still remained a crucial component of the UK grid for the next two decades. In 2012, it still generated 39% of the UK's power. In 2010, renewables generated just 7% of the UK's power. By the first half of 2024, this had grown to more than 50% -- a new record. The rapid growth of green power meant that coal could even be switched off completely for short periods, with the first coal-free days in 2017. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/30/1557210/uk-ends-142-year-coal-power-era-in-industrys-birthp...
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