EDF to close 2GW West Burton coal power station in 2022

Michael Holder
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The closure would leave Uniper's 2GW Ratcliffe facility as the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station

EDF's sole remaining coal power station at West Burton in Nottinghamshire will close for good in September next year, the French energy giant has confirmed, bringing the end of coal-fired electricity generation...

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