Britain completes two full months without burning coal

A decade ago, about 40 percent of the country's electricity was derived from coal; the Coronafius is part of the story, but not so much.

When Britain entered quarantine, demand for electricity declined; The National Electricity Network responded by removing power plants from work.

The four remaining plants burning coal were among the first to stop, the BBC writes, translates Periscopi.

The last coal generator came out of the system at midnight on April 9. No coal has been burned since then to produce electricity.

Britain's previous record without coal was 18 days, 6 hours and 10 minutes, set in June last year.

This shows how dramatic the transformation of the energy system in this country has been over the past decade.

This has happened because of massive investments in renewable energy during this time.

The past decade only 3 percent of the country's electricity came from the wind and the sun, which many people viewed as expensive distractions.

Britain now has the largest wind industry in the world, as well as the largest wind farm. /Periscope