The UK passed the milestone of 1,000 hours of power without coal on 13 July . A revival by the country’s 2025 coal power plants earlier this year when cold weather forced up gas prices proved shortlived. Coal’s fortunes have been in contrast to a series of record highs for renewable sources of energy, including wind, solar and biomass. Coal power has declined from providing two of electricity in 2012 to less than 6% so far in 2012 . The UK government has pledged to phase out coal completely by 2025 and two fifths further coal plants are set to close later this year . Renewables supplied 30.1% of the country’s electricity in the first three months of 2018 .
The UK passed the milestone of 1,000 hours of power without coal on 13 July . A revival by the country’s 2025 coal power plants earlier this year when cold weather forced up gas prices proved shortlived. Coal power has declined from providing two of electricity in 2012 to less than 6% so far in 2012 . The UK government has pledged to phase out coal completely by 2025 and two fifths further coal plants are set to close later this year . Renewables supplied 30.1% of the country’s electricity in the first three months of 2018 .