Burning coal is the most dirty, polluting, and inefficient way to get electricity.
As early as 1306, Edward I banned Londoners from burning it, due to its noxious smog.
So which countries are phasing it out the fastest now?
Greece and the UK lead the way!
Source: www.wri.org/insights/cou...
That's terrific! Why did the UK manage to do so well? I didn't think the Tories were into renewables. Some relatives installed solar panels because there was a grant & they could sell to the National Grid - then the grant & National Grid thing was taken away from them.
It looks like they did pretty well on the "coal reductions due to zero carbon power" metric, as well. The UK has a (relatively) great offtake structure for captured carbon, but I don't think it's big enough for gas to count for that much zero carbon power.
I'm starting with this, because it gives a longer history:
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-....
But wait, there's more! A dashboard (for GB, not UK): grid.iamkate.com
Past year: Wind>nukes>biomass>solar>hydro
