𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑲 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏?

In February, @energygovuk published a punchy press release on the UK's decarbonisation progress.

@ElecInsights and Dr @iain_staffell put it under the spotlight...1/17 The government used 1990 as its bechmark year in this calculation. There's good reasons for doing so. It's the benchmark year in the Kyoto Protocol (the world's first climate treaty) and it used as the measure for our net zero targets. However... 2/17

The latest @ElecInsights report is out from @imperialcollege, led by Dr. @iain_staffell.

📊For the first time ever, installed wind capacity has surpassed gas on the UK's national grid, reaching 27.9GW in June compared to the 27.7GW installed capacity of gas generation. 1/8 At the same time, coal and gas power generation has plummeted at the fastest rate outside of the pandemic. Drax Electric Insights has found that output from gas-fired power stations fell by 23% in Q2 2023 compared to the same quarter last year. 2/8

💡For the first time, wind power has generated more electricity in the UK than any other single fuel source during a whole quarter. New data from Drax @ElecInsights via @imperialcollege & Dr.@iain_staffell 1/6 🚘🔋Across the first three months of 2023, Britain’s turbines generated 24 TWh of electricity – enough to charge more than 300 million Tesla Model Ys. Output from wind was 3% higher than during the same quarter last year, while gas was down by 5%. 2/6