Progress on the future demolition of the colossal cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has taken a step forward. "Prior notification" plans have suggested the demolition works of the two southernmost towers will take place before 2030 and "no earlier than 2025" ahead of the coal-fired power station's closure in September 2024.
The coal power station, which lies in the Rushcliffe borough, is one of the first sights many see on their way into Nottingham as they travel along the A453. It is set to be decommissioned in the next decade in line with Government policy.
Uniper, which runs the site, must meet its target of making power stations across Europe carbon neutral by 2035. The coal-fired station has played a considerable role in generating power for the country over the past five decades, construction having been completed in 1967 and the site commissioned in 1968.
