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TIL there are no coal plants in the UK. How long has this been true?

• arethuza 1y ago
  Last year: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o
• Liftyee 1y ago
  The last coal power plant was shut down in late 2024. I remember checking the grid power stats before then and often seeing 0 MW of coal generated power. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o
• toomuchtodo 1y ago
  Britain's last coal-fired power plant shuts down - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41734993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41734993 - October 2024 (95 comments) UK to finish with coal power after 142 years - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41695587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41695587 - September 2024 (63 comments) Britain's reliance on coal-fired power set to end after 140 years - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41443347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41443347 - September 2024 (70 comments)
• pjc50 1y ago
  There's a slight fudge: the largest coal plant, Drax, is still in operation - burning wood pellets imported from the US and Canada. In theory this is CO2-neutral. But it could go back to coal in an emergency with some enabling legislation.
  • _mlbt 1y ago
    How do they import these wood pellets? Is it fossil fuel powered ships? Is that factored in to the CO2 neutrality?