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https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-electricity-from-fossil-fuels-drops-to-lowest-level-since-1957/>
"The amount of UK electricity generated from fossil fuels fell 22% year-on-year
in 2023 to the lowest level since 1957,
Carbon Brief analysis reveals.
The 104 terawatt hours (TWh) generated from fossil fuels in 2023 is the lowest
level in 66 years. Back then, Harold Macmillan was the UK prime minister and
the Beatles’ John Lennon and Paul McCartney had just met for the first time.
Electricity from fossil fuels has now fallen by two-thirds (199TWh) since
peaking in 2008. Within that total, coal has dropped by 115TWh (97%) and gas by
80TWh (45%).
These declines have been caused by the rapid expansion of renewable energy (up
six-fold since 2008, some 113TWh) and by lower electricity demand (down 21%
since 2008, some 83TWh).
As a result, fossil fuels made up just 33% of UK electricity supplies in 2023 –
their lowest ever share – of which gas was 31%, coal just over 1% and oil just
below 1%."
Via
What Could Go Right? January 4, 2024:
https://theprogressnetwork.org/2024-record-election-year/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
