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The UK’s coal-power phaseout was a G7 first
Carbon Brief’s archived Q&A describes Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire as the UK’s last coal-fired power plant. It said the plant was set to close, ending a 142-year era of coal-fired electricity generation.
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Carbon Brief shared an archived Q&A on how the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power. It described the planned closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the country’s last coal-fired power plant, as the end of 142 years of generating electricity by burning coal.
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