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

January 14, 2022

Unusually calm and cloudy weather led to resurgence in fossil fuel use in 2021

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.

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January 22, 2021

Britain’s electricity use is at its lowest for decades – but will never be this low again

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.

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March 31, 2020

We analysed electricity demand and found coronavirus has turned weekdays into weekends

Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Dr. Shivangi Sharma, University of Birmingham; Noah Godfrey, University of Birmingham, and Tom Bassett, Swansea University

Three ways coronavirus is already impacting Britain’s energy systems.

Few people would have predicted in 2010 that by the end of the decade, electricity generation from renewables would outpace nuclear. J Davidson/Shutterstock

January 6, 2020

Britain’s electricity since 2010: wind surges to second place, coal collapses and fossil fuel use nearly halves

Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham; Iain Staffell, Imperial College London, and Noah Godfrey, University of Birmingham

Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.

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