Great Britain has gone a full week without coal - generated power , with high wind speeds offsetting the need for the fossil fuel . This is the first time the country has gone a week without coal since the Industrial Revolution . National Grid expects such shortages to become a regular occurrence , and has said it will be able to install a zero - carbon electricity system by 2025 . There have , however , been warnings that the government 's strategy to focus on offshore wind , in the absence of solar and onshore wind , could see low carbon deployment " run dry " .
Great Britain has gone a full week without coal-generated power, with high wind speeds offsetting the need for the fossil fuel. This is the first time the country has gone a week without coal since the Industrial Revolution. National Grid expects such weeks to become a regular occurrence, and has said it will be able to run a zero-carbon electricity system by 2025. There have, however, been warnings that the government's strategy to focus on offshore wind, in the absence of solar and onshore wind, could see low carbon deployment "run dry".