The UK is changing the way in which electricity is generated and is planning to have fully ‘clean’ electricity by 2035. This is an important part of the country’s pledge to achieve net zero by 2050. Net zero means no longer adding to the total amount of greenhouse gases (for example carbon dioxide, or CO2) in the atmosphere, because greenhouse gases are a major cause of climate change.
In future, almost all of the UK's electricity will come from renewables, particularly wind and solar energy, instead of from fossil fuels such as oil and gas. In 2024, about 64% of electricity in the UK was generated by renewables, up from 7% in 2010, but there is still a long way to go to achieve the clean electricity target for 2035.
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