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Happy #NewYearsEve everybody! 2019 has been a record breaking year for GB electricity. Here's why...1/5

✅ Record levels of #solar power 🌞

9550MW on May 14th - the equivalent of approx 1.9 million 5W LED light bulbs 💡💡💡💡
2/5 ✅ Record #wind power 💨 - 16873MW on Dec 10th at the tail end of #stormatiyah

Wind supplied almost 44% of #electricity over the day as a whole.
3/5 ✅ Record number of #coal free days 🔥 - the longest period without burning coal to produce electricity since the Industrial Revolution! @PastCoal
4/5✅ Lowest ever #carbon intensity 📉 GB electricity was the ‘greenest’ it has ever been on August 17th with the highest ever % of low carbon sources producing GB's power
5/5 Here's to many more in 2020 @NGControlRoom ! 👊

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