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

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 23 March 2021 • 3 min read
The 2GW West Burton A coal station is to close by September 2022 | Credit: EDF
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The 2GW West Burton A coal station is to close by September 2022 | Credit: EDF

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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