Coal Only Supplied 2 Percent of U.K. Electricity in the First 6 Months of 2017

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The only problem with the UK's energy problem is that they are shifting to natural gas and wood (which is much more ecologically damaging than coal), and even worse when their electricity security gets worst, really dirty diesel generators.

Could you provide me with some readings on that? I'm searching things like "united kingdom natural gas" but am unable to find any articles discussing this rise in natural gas and wood. (Not saying I don't believe you! I'm just curious.) 

I see that in September, The Independent reported that almost a third of the UK's electricity came from renewable energy (with wind power being the most prominent): http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busine...72266.html

I can't really, most of my information comes from the Private Eye (which is behind a paywall, so therefore not freely available), and what my brother gets from his industry sources and academic journals. However the Wikipedia numbers are:

In 2016, total electricity production stood at 357 TWh (down from a peak of 385 TWh in 2005), generated from the following sources:[32][33]
Gas: 40.2% (0.05% in 1990)
Nuclear: 20.1% (19% in 1990)
Wind: 10.6% (0% in 1990), of which:
Onshore Wind: 5.7%
Offshore Wind: 4.9%

Coal: 8.6 (67% in 1990)
Bio-Energy: 8.4% (0% in 1990)
Solar: 2.8% (0% in 1990)
Hydroelectric: 1.5% (2.6% in 1990)
Oil and other: 7.8% (12% in 1990)