UK's Electricity Was Cleanest Ever in 2024 3
Britain recorded its cleanest electricity generation in 2024, with carbon dioxide emissions falling to 124g per kilowatt hour, down from 419g in 2014, according to analysis by Carbon Brief released Thursday.
Renewables, including wind, solar and biomass, provided 45% of the country's power, while total low-carbon sources reached 58%. Gas remained the largest single source at 28% of generation, slightly ahead of wind at 26%.
Renewables, including wind, solar and biomass, provided 45% of the country's power, while total low-carbon sources reached 58%. Gas remained the largest single source at 28% of generation, slightly ahead of wind at 26%.
biomass isn't clean (score:2)
even if it is so called renewable
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Depends on the biomass.
Wood pellets? Pretty awful. But "biomass" also includes resources like captured methane from anaerobic digestion processes in landfills and wastewater treatment, which would normally be either directly vented to atmosphere or flared off. Either way, using that to generate power is a huge benefit since you're making that gas anyway, and you're releasing those emissions anyway, so might as well put it to good use.
The article says the emissions from biomass were calculated to include the