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United Kingdom: 'Record' renewables energy levels
2014-06-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Belfast Telegraph: Increases in the number of offshore and onshore wind turbines, along with high winds, boosted wind power, while a doubling of average rainfall on the previous year in areas that have hydropower saw electricity from the technology hit record levels. The increase in renewables, coupled with a fall in the amount of electricity generated overall in the first quarter of 2014, led to wind, hydro, solar, wave, tidal and biomass power plants generating a record 19.4% of the UK's electricity during the...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical