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Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time – despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
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Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time – despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
Renewables met more than 80 per cent of total grid demand for first time on Saturday, and might have met more than 100 pct were it not for heavy curtailment of wind and solar.
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