EDF Switches Off U.K.’s Cottam Coal Power Station After 50 Years

Electricite de France SA turned off its coal-fired Cottam power plant in England for the last time after half a century of powering British homes.

Commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board, Cottam has a generating capacity of 2 gigawatts, or enough power for more than 3 million households, EDF said. Over its lifetime, the plant has produced 500 terawatt hours of electricity.