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Environment
Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition

Renewables now generate more of Britain's electricity than fossil fuels – but what happens next?

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At the start of 2016, in an article noting some exciting changes in British energy, The Conversation published the following paragraph:

Wind, solar and hydro – the weather-dependent renewables – together generated 14.6% of Great Britain’s electrical energy in 2015, the highest ever annual amount. Wind stormed (literally) past the 2014 record to break through the 10% milestone. Solar more than doubled to 2.5%.

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