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There are currently three active coal-fired power stations operating in the United Kingdom. They have a total generating capacity of 3.52GW.


Phase-out of coal in the United Kingdom


In November 2015, the UK Government announced that all the remaining fourteen coal-fired power stations would be closed by 2025.[1] In November 2017 the UK Government co-founded the Powering Past Coal Alliance. In June 2021, the government said it would end coal power by October 2024.[2][3]

Ironbridge ceased operations in late 2015. In 2016, three power stations closed at Rugeley, Ferrybridge and Longannet. Eggborough closed in 2018 and was granted consent to convert into a gas fired power station. Lynemouth power station converted to biomass in 2018 and Uskmouth is being converted to an energy from waste plant. Cottam and Aberthaw shut down operations in 2019,[4] Fiddlers Ferry closed in 2020[5] and Drax stopped burning coal in March 2021.[6]

The United Kingdom had continuously burned coal for the generation of electricity since the opening of Holborn Viaduct power station in 1882. On 21 April 2017, for the first time since 1882, the GB grid had a 24-hour period without any generation from coal power.[7] In May 2019 the GB grid went its first full week without any coal power.[8] In May 2020 the GB grid beat the previous record and did not use coal generation for over a month.[9]

At present, the use of coal power is decreasing to historic lows not seen since before the Industrial Revolution. Coal supplied 1.6% of UK electricity in 2020,[10] down from 30% in 2014.[11] In 2020, coal produced 4.4 TWh of electricity and Britain went 5,202 hours free from coal electricity generation, up from 3,665 hours in 2019 and 1,856 in 2018.[12]


List of active power stations


Name Location Owner Date Commissioned Planned Closure Date Total capacity (GW) Notes Image
West Burton ANottinghamshireEDF Energy1967[13]To be decommissioned from March 2023[14]2.00Two out of four units already closed as of 14 March 2022, leaving 1 GW of operational capacity[15]
KilrootCounty AntrimEPH1981[13]20230.52To be converted to natural gas in time for 2023 capacity market.
Ratcliffe on SoarNottinghamshireUniper1968[13]September 2024[16]2.00One of the four units is planned to close earlier than the rest of the power station.[17]

See also



References


  1. Gosden, Emily (18 November 2015). "UK coal plants must close by 2025, Amber Rudd announces". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. "UK to end coal power by 2024".
  3. "End to coal power brought forward to October 2024". gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. Clowes, Ed (11 December 2019). "Wales last coal power plant to go dark on Friday". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. "Fiddler's Ferry: Coal-fired power station closes after 50 years".
  6. "UK's Drax ends commercial coal generation". Montel News. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. "British power generation achieves first ever coal-free day". The Guardian. London. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. "Britain passes one week without coal power for first time since 1882". The Guardian. London. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. "Britain hits coal-free month milestone as demand remains low". Current News. London. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. Reuters Staff (11 January 2021). "Britain sees greenest year for electricity in 2020 – National Grid". Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
  11. Evans, Simon (10 February 2016). "Countdown to 2025: Tracking the UK coal phase out". Carbon Brief. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  12. "Last 12 months – MyGridGB".
  13. "Power Stations in the United Kingdom (operational at the end of May 2004)" (PDF). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  14. "EDF will keep UK coal-fired power station online over winter, business minister says". Reuters. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  15. "West Burton A: 'No formal request' to keep coal power station open". BBC News. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  16. "EDF announces closure of West Burton A power station, leaving Britain with one remaining coal plant". iNews. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  17. "Ratcliffe power station unit to stay in operation during winter". BBC News. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.


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