UK to close all coal-fired plants by 2025
London (Platts)--18 Nov 2015 903 am EST/1403 GMT
* Use to be restricted by 2023
The UK announced Wednesday plans to close all coal-fired power stations
by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023, according to the Department of
Energy and Climate Change.
The announcement came ahead of a major speech on energy policy to be
delivered later Wednesday by Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd.
"We are tackling a legacy of underinvestment and ageing power stations
which we need to replace with alternatives that are reliable, good value
for money, and help to reduce our emissions," Rudd said.
"We are tackling a legacy of underinvestment and ageing power
stations which we need to replace with alternatives that are reliable,
good value for money, and help to reduce our emissions."
"It cannot be satisfactory for an advanced economy like the UK to be
relying on polluting, carbon intensive 50-year-old coal-fired power
stations," she said. "Let me be clear: this is not the future."
"We need to build a new energy infrastructure, fit for the 21st
century," she said. "Our determination to cut carbon emissions as cost
effectively as possible is crystal clear and this step will make us one
of the first developed countries to commit to taking coal off our
system."
--Ross McCracken,
ross.mccracken@platts.com
--Edited by Jonathan Fox,
jonathan.fox@platts.com
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