Climate Changed
U.K. Left With Just Four Coal Power Plants After RWE Announces Closure
- German utility to shut 1,560 megawatt unit in Wales next year
- Government goal is for net zero fossil fuel emissions by 2050
The Aberthaw Power Station in southern Wales.
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The U.K. will soon be down to four coal-fired power plants after RWE AG announced plans to close a major facility in southern Wales next year.
The German utility will cease work by the end of March at the Aberthaw power station. The unit was opened in 1971 and has the capacity to generate 1,560 megawatts of electricity, enough for more than 1.5 million homes.