{"id":30809,"date":"2019-06-03T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T00:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=30809"},"modified":"2019-06-03T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T00:04:23","slug":"britain-coal-record-mb1079","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/britain-coal-record-mb1079\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain Goes Two Weeks (Plus) Without Coal Power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cottam Power Station | Image: Richard Croft<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n

Britain has gone 16 days without using coal power for electricity generation – and according to the latest update, the coal-free run isn’t over yet.<\/p>\n

This event marks the first time Britain has seen a coal-free fortnight since 1882.<\/p>\n

On May 31, National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“We can now confirm that Great Britain\u2019s electricity system will pass the fortnight mark for no coal generation this afternoon! The last coal generator came off the system at 3.12pm on 17th May \u2013 meaning we will achieve #<\/s>coalfreefortnight at 3:12pm today!!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Early this morning, National Grid said:<\/a> “still going – over 16 days without coal.” – that was 384 hours and counting. UK_Coal tweeted<\/a> a short time ago the figure had reached 392 hours.<\/p>\n

In May, Britain also saw its first 100+ hours without coal power<\/a>, a run that ended early in the month (8 days, 1 hour, 25 minutes). May saw more hours without coal than in January, February and March combined and the month’s total hours without coal-fired electricity generation added up to more than all of 2017.<\/p>\n

From the time the coal-free fortnight commenced at 3.12pm on May 17 to the 2-week milestone being reached, here’s how Britain’s electricity supply mix looked:<\/p>\n