Britain aims to close its coal-fired power plants by 2025 under newly unveiled plans, becoming the first major economy to put a date on shutting coal plants to curb carbon emissions.
Instead, the country will look to nuclear and natural gas-fired power plants to complement intermittent renewable energy, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd said.
Around a third of Britain’s electricity came from coal-fired plants last year but many of the 12 still operating are old and due to close over the next decade under tightening European Union environmental standards.
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