Then there were five: Fiddler's Ferry coal power plant to close

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SSE will close its last coal-fired power station early next year, to leave just five coal plants left on UK grid

The UK's journey away from fossil fuels gathered steam yesterday with SSE's announcement of plans to close another coal-fired power station, leaving just five coal plants operational across the country....

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