Coal-free runs · Great Britain
Coal-free electricity in Great Britain
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- Times broken
- 6
- since 10 Mar 2016
- Coal-free since
- 1 Oct 2024
- the run goes on
- Longest before
- 68 days
- to 16 Jun 2020
- Coal-free days in 2026
- 290
- so far
Great Britain last made electricity from coal on Monday 30 September 2024. The last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, closed on 30 September 2024, after 142 years of coal power in Britain.
The grid has now run for 747 days without coal, since 1 October 2024.
Before the end of coal, the longest coal-free run was 68 days, from 10 April 2020 to 16 June 2020.
Since 10 March 2016, 1,448 of 3,869 days had no coal generation at all.
Year by year
Coal-free days in each year
The number of whole days with no coal generation. Coal fell from a large share of supply in 2016 to none at all after September 2024.
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Runs
The longest coal-free runs
- 11 Oct 2024 to 17 Oct 2026747 days
- 210 Apr 2020 to 16 Jun 202068 days
- 319 Jun 2020 to 11 Aug 202054 days
- 427 Apr 2023 to 11 Jun 202346 days
- 56 May 2022 to 12 Jun 202238 days
- 66 Jun 2024 to 24 Jun 202419 days
- 718 May 2019 to 4 Jun 201918 days
- 87 Apr 2023 to 24 Apr 202318 days
- 929 May 2021 to 14 Jun 202117 days
- 1026 Jun 2019 to 10 Jul 201915 days
History
Each time the coal-free record grew
Newest first. Choose a day to see its charts. Rows in grey are from the first year of the data.
| Days | Run | Rise | Held for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2024 to 17 Oct 2026 | 747 days | +679 days | Still going |
| 10 Apr 2020 to 16 Jun 2020 | 68 days | +50 days | 6 years and 4 months |
| 18 May 2019 to 4 Jun 2019 | 18 days | +11 days | 12 months |
| 2 May 2019 to 8 May 2019 | 7 days | +4 days | 27 days |
| 19 Apr 2019 to 21 Apr 2019 | 3 days | +1 day | 17 days |
| 17 Apr 2018 to 18 Apr 2018 | 2 days | +1 day | 12 months |
| 19 Apr 2017 to 19 Apr 2017 | 1 day | — | 12 months |
Milestones