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Montevideo, December 30th 2024 - 16:58 UTC

Tag: Michael Shanks

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 07:01 UTC

    UK “green milestone”, the last power station fueled by coal has finished

    The first coal-fired power station in the world, the Holborn Viaduct plant was built in 1882 in London by Thomas Edison - bringing light to the streets of the capital.

    UK's last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finished operations on Monday September 30th, after running since 1967 and ending 142 years of reliance on the fossil fuel. The milestone is a major event in UK's ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel producing the most greenhouse gases when burnt.