UK green power overtakes fossil fuels
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Renewables supplied more than 40% of UK electricity demand during the first quarter of 2020, overtaking fossil fuels for the first time
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AVERAGE UK ELECTRICTY PRODUCTION (Q1 2020, %)

Nuclear 15.90
Biomass  6.57
Imports and exports 8.77 
Hydro 1.99
Pumped storage 0.53 
Wind 30.34
Solar 2.35 
Coal 3.72
Gas 29.83

Renewable energy 41.25

PRODUCTION BREAKDOWN (Q1 2020, %)

100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Jan 1, 2020 Feb 1 Mar 1

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Sources: Bloomberg, Drax Electric Insights

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