The last operating coal-fired power plant in the U.K. is set to close its doors at the end of September. This decision to close the plant in Nottinghamshire, England, is in response to the government’s policy to end coal-fired power and pledge to end greenhouse emissions to net-zero by 2050.
The U.K. government is targeting to use full “clean” electricity such as solar, wind and nuclear by 2035.
Climate researchers say burning coal causes greenhouse gases, which lead to higher temperatures in the atmosphere and cause premature deaths worldwide.
The closing of the power station in Nottinghamshire, which has been in central England since 1967, will mark the end of coal power in the U.K.
A year ago, Uniper announced it planned to develop large-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production at the power station once the coal-powered plant stopped generating this month.
Uniper said its goal is to start producing 500 MW of hydrogen at the soon-to-be former coal plant by the end of the decade.
According to climate change think tank E3G, the United Kingdom will become the first of the powerhouses in the G-7 group to phase out coal once the Nottinghamshire coal plant is shut down.
