UK Solar Farms Produce Record Amount of Power as Capacity Grows

Sunny weather sees new record for British solar power

More than 12.5 gigawatts of electricity were generated from solar panels across the country on Tuesday lunchtime. Sunny conditions helped solar power generate a new record high of more than 12.5 gigawatts of electricity on Tuesday, the system operator has said. The record 12.569GW of power from solar – equivalent to around four new nuclear power plants – was generated between 12:30 and 1pm on Tuesday. And with the sunny conditions continuing, th…

UK Solar Farms Produce Record Amount of Power as Capacity Grows

The UK produced a record amount of solar power Tuesday afternoon as the country’s growing fleet of panels absorbed the sunny spring weather.

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