Milestones
Turning points on the GB grid
Moments that changed where Great Britain’s electricity comes from, each told with the 5-minute data. For the best half hour and day of each measure, see the record board.
- 2025: Great Britain’s first full year without coal powerIn 2025, Great Britain made no electricity from coal on any day, for the first time since 1882. The year in data: 365 coal-free days, what replaced coal, and how far carbon intensity has fallen.Read the story →
- The day coal power ended in Great Britain: 30 September 2024On 30 September 2024, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Great Britain’s last coal power station, made its final electricity. The last day in data: coal through the day, the final reading, and 142 years of coal power that led to it.Read the story →