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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Harry Taylor

UK coal-burning power facility to stay open two years longer than planned

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire was commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire was commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board. Photograph: David Sillitoe/The Guardian

Part of a Nottinghamshire coal-burning power plant will stay open for two years beyond its planned closure date after a call from ministers prompted by the UK’s energy crisis.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar had initially been pencilled in to shut in 2022, but last year said it would have an initial extension until 31 March 2023.

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