Britain's zero-carbon power outstrips fossil fuels in 2019

Britain, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the first time in 2019, National Gridsaid on Wednesday.Having built the world's first coal-fired power plant in the 1880s, coal became Britain's dominant electricity source and a major economic driver for the next century."As we enter a new decade, this truly is a historic moment," said National Grid Chief Executive John Pettigrew, referring t