Over half of the energy consumed in the UK this summer came from low-carbon sources – that’s things like solar and wind power rather than coal or oil.
The British National Grid – that’s the system of wires that takes electricity from its sources into people’s homes – was the most environmentally friendly ever this summer.
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experiences something as an advantage
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suggests there may be future problems
bleed
take a lot of money from
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