With the closure of Britain’s last coal power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar the UK becomes the first of the large G7 countries not to use coal in order to produce electricity
The end of coal power in the UK becomes extra striking since it is occuring in the country which saw the birth of the industrial revolution and the steam engine – and due to that also the country where coal was first used for power production 142 years ago.
The country’s last coal power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar near Nottingham finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967.
Although not the first country to end the use of coal for power production – a number of other European countries have already managed to phase it out – the UK is the first large economy to do so.
