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| Almost a third of the UK’s electricity came from renewable sources between July and September, as wind turbines and solar panels helped achieve a quarterly record for green energy. | Almost a third of the UK’s electricity came from renewable sources between July and September, as wind turbines and solar panels helped achieve a quarterly record for green energy. |
| Major new offshore windfarms connecting to the grid pushed renewables to 33.1% of electricity generation across the quarter, up from 30% the year before. | Major new offshore windfarms connecting to the grid pushed renewables to 33.1% of electricity generation across the quarter, up from 30% the year before. |
| The speed at which green energy projects are being installed has resulted in records tumbling this year. Wind power broke records during the “beast from the east”, which was eclipsed during Storm Diana last month, and again this week when wind generation hit 15GW on Tuesday. | |
| The trend is expected to continue next year as more windfarms around the coast near completion. Initial analysis of some recently built offshore projects also shows they are generating more power than expected. | |
| Meanwhile, gas and coal slumped to a new low of just over 41.1%, according to official statistics published on Thursday. | Meanwhile, gas and coal slumped to a new low of just over 41.1%, according to official statistics published on Thursday. |
| Environmental groups said the progress showed the government should rethink its backing for nuclear and fracking, and give its full support to renewables. | Environmental groups said the progress showed the government should rethink its backing for nuclear and fracking, and give its full support to renewables. |
| “Solar and wind technologies are powering ahead, beating new records for low costs and high production despite unhelpful government interventions,” Greenpeace UK’s policy director, Doug Par, said. | |
| Low carbon sources of power, which include the country’s eight nuclear power stations, account for 56% of the UK’s electricity supply. The 50% mark was hit only two years ago. | |
| Figures also show that householders appear to be rushing to install solar panels before incentives end next year. More than 4,700 solar schemes were fitted in November, the highest in more than two years. The vast majority were of the size households would install. | |
| “This could be due to the upcoming closure of the feed-in tariff scheme in March 2019,” the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said. | “This could be due to the upcoming closure of the feed-in tariff scheme in March 2019,” the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said. |
| It announced this week that the scheme’s closure would also mean households installing solar in future having to give away unused clean power for free. | |
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