UK power supply has declined rapidly since 2015, following the government's efforts of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
Combined-cycle gas turbines have become the greatest contributor to the British power mix. Between September 2019 and September 2020, they accounted for up to one third of total electricity generation. Meanwhile, coal's importance to the energy sector has reached a historic low. In the summer of 2020, no coal energy was fed into the British power grid for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Coal's importane to the Distribution of monthly electricity generation in Great Britain from September 2019 to September 2020, by source
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Aurora Energy Research. (October 13, 2020). Distribution of monthly electricity generation in Great Britain from September 2019 to September 2020, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184456/monthly-power-mix-great-britain/
Aurora Energy Research. "Distribution of monthly electricity generation in Great Britain from September 2019 to September 2020, by source ." Chart. October 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184456/monthly-power-mix-great-britain/
Aurora Energy Research. (2020). Distribution of monthly electricity generation in Great Britain from September 2019 to September 2020, by source . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184456/monthly-power-mix-great-britain/
Aurora Energy Research. "Distribution of Monthly Electricity Generation in Great Britain from September 2019 to September 2020, by Source ." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184456/monthly-power-mix-great-britain/
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Distribution of monthly electricity generation in Great Britain from September 2019 to September 2020, by source [Graph], Aurora Energy Research, October 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184456/monthly-power-mix-great-britain/