The end of an era: Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down

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By Jillian Ambrose, The GuardianOct 5, 2024, 9:00 am278 pts
Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire generated electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the United Kingdom for 57 years. The power plant came to the end of its life in line with the government’s world-leading policy to phase out coal power which…

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