Britain goes a week without coal for first time in over a century
Britain went without coal-produced electricity for a week for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The move comes as the nation, which revolutionized coal power, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent compared to 1990 levels in the next three decades.
Britain is trying to move away from coal-fired power completely by 2025, according to Reuters.
Coal plants put out nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as gas-fired power plants, the news outlet noted. According to Reuters, coal plants largely moved out of British cities after the 1950s in order to cut air pollution.
Britain's power transmission network, the National Grid, told Reuters that coal-free weeks will become a regular phenomenon amid the shift to more renewable energy.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/442774-britain-goes-a-week-without-coal-for-first-time-in-over-a-century
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