Joseph Day

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Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Energy Systems and Data Group, University of Birmingham

Solar now provides about 5% of Britain’s electricity. StudioFI / shutterstock

December 22, 2023

Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Joseph Day, University of Birmingham, and Katarina Pegg, University of Birmingham

An important milestone set to be passed – if it remains windy.

Britain’s largest power plant, Drax in North Yorkshire, mostly burns wood pellets. Phil Silverman / Shutterstock

January 13, 2023

Joseph Day, University of Birmingham; Geraint Phillips, University of Birmingham, and Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham

And it’s because France had to shut many of its nuclear plants.

2021 was an unusually calm year in British waters. Kaisn / shutterstock

January 14, 2022

Joseph Day, University of Birmingham; Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham, and Noah Godfrey, University of Birmingham

Calm and cloudy days led to a resurgence in fossil fuel use.

Lukasz Pajor / shutterstock

January 22, 2021

Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Joseph Day, University of Birmingham, and Noah Godfrey, University of Birmingham

Per capita electricity use was higher in the 1970s than today.