Coal made up well over one-third of the UK’s electricity generation in 2012, as cheap supplies and the collapse in the price of carbon permits sent generators rushing back to their ageing coal-fired power stations and set greenhouse gas emissions rising sharply.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/25/coal-one-third-uk-energy
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