Government confirms 2025 deadline for coal phase-out

Madeleine Cuff
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Long-awaited consultation response strengthens government plan to force unabated coal power off the UK grid by 2025

The government will introduce an emissions limit on all coal power plants in the UK in a bid to eradicate unabated use of the fuel in the power system from 2025. The plan, unveiled today in a long-awaited...

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