Bioenergy Insight
Summary
From 1 October 2024, the UK will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned.
The move forms part of ‘ambitious’ government commitments to transition away from fossil fuels and decarbonise the power sector to eliminate contributions to climate change by 2050.
This brings forward the deadline to phase out coal from the UK’s energy system by a year, which the government said highlights the nation’s leadership to ‘go further and faster’ in driving down emissions and lead by example in tackling climate change ahead of hosting COP26 this November. The UK is also calling on all nations to accelerate the phase-out of coal power.
The UK has already made great progress in reducing the use of coal across the power sector, with coal accounting for only 1.8% of the UK’s electricity mix in 2020, compared with 40% almost a decade ago. In 2020, the UK went 5,000 hours without coal-fired electricity.
“Coal powered the industrial revolution 200 years ago, but now is the time for radical action to completely eliminate this dirty fuel from our energy system,” said Energy and Climate Change Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
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