{"id":3192,"date":"2026-01-16T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geo-green-power.whattheframework.uk\/domestic\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:20:25","slug":"uk-record-sunniest-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geogreenpower.com\/domestic\/uk-record-sunniest-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s Record Sunniest Year Boosts Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\">As the <strong>UK<\/strong> welcomes the dawn of <strong>2026<\/strong>, we look back at a year that rewrote the climate history books. According to provisional<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW253821655 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/articles\/c306gpyll19o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW253821655 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Met Office data<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253821655 BCX0\">, <strong>2025<\/strong> has officially been confirmed as the warmest and sunniest year on record for the <strong>United Kingdom<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW253821655 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the UK welcomes the dawn of 2026, we look back at a year that rewrote the climate history books. 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