Renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain last year, Wind was the biggest renewable source of electricity; solar rose by nearly a third on 2024 levels, helped by the UK's sunniest year on record.

Of course Nature doesn't care how much renewable energy we use, it cares about how much fossil fuel we use. Electricity from fossil gas also rose slightly.

2025 a record year for wind and solar electricity in GB |  Mark Poynting and others for BBC News, 2 January

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Originally posted in Second Nature 048 (Jan 2026). Category GB clean power, tags solar, wind.
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