From the editor: UK deserves praise for ending coal use [Global Gas Perspectives]
From the editor: UK deserves praise for ending coal use [Global Gas Perspectives]
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Summary
Even through the UK's great political and economic upheaval in recent years, it followed through with its commitment to end coal use, becoming the first major economy to take this step. by: NGW
The UK should be commended for becoming the first major economy to quit coal power at the end of September. Despite the great political and economic upheaval that the UK has experienced as a result of Brexit, as well as the added strain of the energy crisis, the country managed to fulfil a government commitment made almost a decade ago, not only on time but a year early. With the closure of the 2-GW Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant at midnight on October 1, the UK drew a line under more than 140 years...
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