UK left with just four coal power plants after RWE announces closure

The UK 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.
Photo: THILO SCHMUELGEN/REUTERS / X03860
Photo: THILO SCHMUELGEN/REUTERS / X03860
By Will Mathis, Bloomberg News

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.

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