Combined-cycle gas turbines have become the greatest contributor to the British power mix. Between September 2019 and September 2020, they accounted for up to one third of total electricity generation. Meanwhile, coal's importance to the energy sector has reached a historic low. In the summer of 2020, no coal energy was fed into the British power grid for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Coal's importane to the UK power supply has declined rapidly since 2015, following the government's efforts of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
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