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Gas replaces nuclear in UK power mix in Q2
Gas-fired power generation helped replace lower output from nuclear plants in the UK in the second quarter of the year, government data shows Gas-fired power generation helped replace lower output from nuclear plants in the UK in the second quarter of the year, government data shows.
30 August 2019
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Gas-fired power generation increased by around 2% year on year in the UK between April and June, while nuclear output dropped by more than 20% as a result of outages, the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said in an update on Thursday.
Moreover, the share of gas in the power supplies of major producers increased by 2.3 percentage points on an annual basis in Q2, while the share of nuclear declined...
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