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"LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Britain’s wind farms generated more electricity in
the first quarter of 2023 than gas for the first time, a report from Imperial
College London showed on Wednesday.
Britain is seeking to scale up its wind generation as it seeks to meet a goal
of net zero emissions by 2050 and to become more independent of expensive
imported energy following the supply disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine.
Almost a third of Britain’s electricity, some 32.4% came from wind farms in the
first quarter of the year compared with 31.7% from gas-fired power plants,
marking the first quarter where wind power output was higher, the report said.
“There are still many hurdles to reaching a completely fossil fuel-free grid,
but wind out supplying gas for the first time is a genuine milestone event,”
said Iain Staffell of Imperial College London and lead author of the report.
Wind power rose by 3% compared with the first quarter of 2022 while gas-fired
generation fell by 5%, the report said."
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