Britain will get more of its electricity from renewable energy sources than fossil fuels as early as next year, according to a new report from the energy analysts group EnAppSys.
Britain will get more of its electricity from renewable energy sources than fossil fuels as early as next year, according to a new report from the energy analysts group EnAppSys. The transformation is being driven by a surge in offshore wind farms currently under construction or about to begin operating, CleanTechnica reported.
Coal- or gas-fired power stations generated 130.9 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in Britain in 2018, compared with 95.9 TWh from renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower. As new projects come online, renewable energy sources could generate 121.3 TWh of electricity by 2020, with fossil fuel generation falling to 105.6 TWh as coal plants retire, EnAppSys reported in its 2018 Market Review.
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