Britain goes 114 continuous hours without using coal to generate electricity

Posted on 7 May 2019 by Tim Brown
Most sustainable companies The capacity of offshore windfarms nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

According to statistics released last week from National Grid, Britain has now gone 114 continuous hours without burning coal to generate electricity, smashing the previous record of 90 hours. This is the longest period since the Industrial Revolution and is set to keep on rising.

The capacity of offshore windfarms to generate electricity nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world – image courtesy of Depositphotos. In total, Britain has gone 1,000 hours without using coal to generate electricity in 2019 and is…

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