Summary

  • Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station - the UK's last coal-fired power station - will shut next week

  • Since 1967, it has produced enough energy to make more than one billion cups of tea per day

  • The power station employs about 350 people from Uniper, which runs the site

  • The site has been a landmark of the East Midlands for decades

  • Plant manager speaks of "tremendous pride" in what has been delivered

  • Decommissioning will begin immediately after the closure, and it is expected to take two years

Live Reporting

Edited by Rebecca Sherdley

  1. UK's last coal-fired power station set to close

    Good morning and welcome to our live updates on the imminent closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire.

    The UK's last coal-fired power station is due to shut next week.