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The UK has achieved its greenest year ever in terms of how the nation's electricity is generated, National Grid figures reveal.<\/p>\n

The rise of renewable energy helped break 13 clean energy records in 2017.<\/p>\n

In June, for the first time, wind, nuclear and solar power generated more UK power than gas and coal combined.<\/p>\n

Britain has halved carbon emissions in the electricity sector since 2012 to provide the fourth cleanest power system in Europe and seventh worldwide.<\/p>\n

In April, the UK had its first 24-hour period without using any coal power since the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n

The government is committed to phasing out unabated coal by 2025<\/a> as part of efforts to cut the UK's greenhouse gas emissions in line with legal obligations. <\/p>\n

Separate findings from power research group MyGridGB show that renewable energy sources provided more power than coal for 90% of 2017, figures up to 12 December show.<\/p>\n

British wind farms produced more electricity than coal plants on more than 75% of days this year.<\/p>\n

This changing landscape saw the cost of offshore wind power fall below the price of nuclear<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n

'Dangerously exposed'<\/h2>\n

But despite the successes, groups warned the UK must now tackle its reliance on gas if it is to meet its emission targets. <\/p>\n

The daily output of gas was outstripped by wind on just two days of the year.<\/p>\n

Renewables overall \u2013 including wind, solar, biomass and hydropower \u2013 beat fossil fuels for only 23 days of the year.<\/p>\n

Dr Andrew Crossland from MyGridGB and the Durham Energy Institute said: "The government has focused on reducing coal use which now supplies less than 7% of our electricity.<\/p>\n

"However, if we continue to use gas at the rate that we do, then Britain will miss carbon targets and be dangerously exposed to supply and price risks in the international gas markets."<\/p>\n

He added that "refreshed government support for low carbon alternatives" is now needed to "avoid price and supply shocks for our heat and electricity supplies".<\/p>\n

Emma Pinchbeck, executive director of Industry body RenewableUK, called for "more boldness" from the government.<\/p>\n

She urged onshore wind to be developed across the UK in an "ambitious sector deal with the off shore wind industry" that could help secure a "golden age for renewables" in 2018. <\/p>\n

An Energy Department spokesman said the UK was reducing emissions faster than any other G7 country \u2013 which includes the US, Japan, Germany, Italy, France and Canada.<\/p>\n

He said the government plans to reduce carbon emissions throughout the 2020s, while supporting the creation of well-paid jobs in the low carbon sector.<\/p>\n

"The UK is a world leader in clean growth," he said.<\/p>\n

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