SELBY, ENGLAND - MARCH 13: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the 2,000MW flexible coal Eggborough electricity power station on March 13, 2009 near Selby, England. Many UK householders have welcomed lower prices as profits for the big energy providers fall. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

UK sets new record by going whole week without coal power

The country is now in the longest stretch for energy production without coal since the days of the Industrial Revolution in 1882.

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