THE UK has revealed ambitious plans to close all of its dozen coal-fired power plants by 2025 and to restrict their output from two years before that.
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd outlined a new energy strategy this week that will “reset” UK energy policy by encouraging the building of new gas and nuclear power plants.
“Frankly, 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.
“Let