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A view of the 655-acre site of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in the East Midlands
AN INDUSTRIAL era ended today when Britain’s last coal-fired power station shut down.
The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in the East Midlands was the final act in this country’s abandonment of a fuel which once generated more than 95 per cent of our electricity.
The last deep coal mine, Kellingley colliery in Yorkshire, closed in December 2015. Since then, the remaining coal-fired power stations have burned imported coal and coal from opencast quarries in Britain.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
