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POWER: UK to Shut Last Coal Unit on Monday

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The UK’s 2.2GW Ratcliffe-on Soar coal-fired plant – the last remaining unit in the UK – will be shut down on Monday, with decommissioning works starting on 1 October that are scheduled to last two years according to BBC. 

  • By closing its last coal plant, the UK will be the first G7 nation to have phased out coal-fired generation. 
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The UK’s 2.2GW Ratcliffe-on Soar coal-fired plant – the last remaining unit in the UK – will be shut down on Monday, with decommissioning works starting on 1 October that are scheduled to last two years according to BBC. 

  • By closing its last coal plant, the UK will be the first G7 nation to have phased out coal-fired generation.