The new figures show 48.5 per cent of the United Kingdom's energy came from zero carbon technology in 2019, while coal, gas and oil crashed to just 43 per cent - down from 75.5 per cent in 1990.By 2009, that figure had fallen to about 30 per cent. Now, use of coal alone stands at 2.1 per cent following a tsunami of power plant closures and nationwide boom in wind and solar.
Gas made up 38.4 per cent and biomass and waste 8.2 per cent last year in the UK. The country also imported about 8 per cent of its energy via undersea cables from continental Europe - the majority from green sources. Even if nuclear was removed from the UK's total renewable figure, wind, solar and hydro would still be more widely used in Britain than Australia.
BevanShields Has it actually reduced average global temps in the UK ? given that some Australians think 100% renewables will solve our drought/Bush fire crisis almost immediately can’t blame them things are grim indeed !
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CJPomfret BevanShields Why is Nuclear lumped in with renewables? A little deceptive, Why is biomass, largely the burning of wood chip ( imported from the US) emitting more CO2 into the atmosphere not counted for emissions purposes?
BevanShields Now why aren’t I surprised at Australia.
BevanShields Britain and Europe rely on nuclear energy and natural gas. Your report is fake news.
BevanShields How embarrassing that in a country with more sunshine than we could ever need, we are so far behind in renewable energy.
BevanShields Let’s not forget that a huge part of this ‘renewable energy’ is made up from burning wood - which releases more emissions than coal.
BevanShields Britain has a higher population and energy demand than us but far less access to renewable energy sources (e.g. sunlight) so how did this happen. Are we just all completely stupid
BevanShields About damn time!!
BevanShields You forgot to mention Britain also has nuclear generation.
BevanShields So how much has the global temperature dropped?
BevanShields This is a deliberately misleading headline. Literally true; ethically and academically misleading.
BevanShields Britian is the size of Tasmania. With 10x more people than Australia.....
BevanShields It's very clear that SMH is running anti-coal campaign to harm the country
BevanShields Renewable energy is mostly hydro and nuclear 😒
BevanShields If only we had a nuclear fleet to do the heavy lifting & France next door to fill in the gaps, then we could duplicate them. Or better yet, copy France & actually get acceptable CO2 figures, because VRE does not = low CO2 intensity by default. repeal140a auspol
KetanJ0 BevanShields This is the thing - conservatives in UK since Margaret Thatcher have been proactive on climate change mitigation. Therefore I conclude that the Australian LNP are not conservatives. They are greedy selfish & parochial nasties who serve their own interests only, not the nation’s🔥
BevanShields Don't forget the umbilical cord to Europe.....
KetanJ0 BevanShields Surrounded by a long coast-line and with enormous deserts, Australia would be ideal for large-scale wind and solar power. For climate purposes reforestation and afforestation should be employed in massive scale. AustraliaFires windpower solarpower renewables renewableenergy
BevanShields Yes, but nuclear is 16.8% of their electricity, and how much do they pay for their electricity comparatively to Australians?
BevanShields Nuclear 17%. I'd like my lights to stay on when I need them, but I'm happy if SMH opts to rely on solar and wind (without subsidies of course).
BevanShields Just a point to make SMH....most of that coal generated power is in eastern States & possibly WA(?). SA has majority of renewables. That makes the figures even worse in comparison.
BevanShields And how much are their power bills.....
BevanShields Well someone should tell India, China, America Japan & Indonesia and the list goes on because they are still building Coal fired power stations and will be buying Coal from Australia for years to come World is a very big market FACT