UK achieves first coal-free day since the Industrial Revolution

Emily Cashen, Monday, April

In a landmark moment for energy usage, the UK has generated a day’s worth of electricity without using coal For the first time in over 130 years, the UK has gone a full day without using coal power. In 2015, the polluting fuel accounted for 23 percent of the nation’s energy creation, but this figure had fallen to just nine percent by 2016. A combination of a low demand for electricity and a large amount of wind helped to create the nation’s landmark coal-free day In an effort to cut carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change, the UK Government has pledged to phase out coal from its energy system over the next decade. Many of the nation’s coal plants have already been closed or have been switched to biomass burning plants in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. According to National Grid officials, a combination of a low demand for electricity and a large amount of wind helped to create the nation’s landmark coal-free day.

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