The UK has decarbonised its electricity supply faster than any other major economy, largely thanks to the rapid phase out (now complete) of coal power!The si...
Fwiw, not to diminish this feat but rather as context: A significant part of the (calculated) wins in the early/mid 2010s came from moving from coal to fossil gas. Unfortunately, fossil gas tends to be much more polluting than (usually) assumed, because of flaring and pipeline losses. Thus some of earlier CO2e wins may be due to number fiddling rather than real reductions.
However, recent years do show massive wind power growth and that’s fantastic.
Side note 2: The UK has a lot of work ahead on electrifying heating and installing heat pumps.
Fwiw, not to diminish this feat but rather as context: A significant part of the (calculated) wins in the early/mid 2010s came from moving from coal to fossil gas. Unfortunately, fossil gas tends to be much more polluting than (usually) assumed, because of flaring and pipeline losses. Thus some of earlier CO2e wins may be due to number fiddling rather than real reductions.
However, recent years do show massive wind power growth and that’s fantastic.
Side note 2: The UK has a lot of work ahead on electrifying heating and installing heat pumps.