Tomorrow on September 30, 2024, Britains last coal running powerplant shuts down for good. Its closure will mark the end of Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel, and make Britain the first G7 country to phase out coal power.
Tomorrow on September 30, 2024, Britains last coal running powerplant shuts down for good. Its closure will mark the end of Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel, and make Britain the first G7 country to phase out coal power.
Wonder how long they can go without fossil fuels .
-Hi_how_r_u_xd- on
I look on the article and the first thing I see is that they measured it in Tea Cups. Classic Britain lol.
*”The coal power plant was first commissioned in 1967 and received its last coal delivery in June. The* ***2,000-megawatt****-capacity plant can produce enough electricity for some 2 million homes, according to Uniper, the energy company that owns it. Over its decades in operation, it’s generated enough energy to make more than* ***21 trillion cups of tea****, or roughly 1 billion cups per day, Uniper says.”*
It sounds like even though it will soon shut down, it will take a while to officially close. This is all interesting to me though, I didn’t realize how little countries relied on Coal power plants, or for that matter nuclear ones. I just looked it up, and Britain actually relies more on wind power than anything else, which is contrary to me previously thinking that most countries relied majorly on nuclear and coal power.
Naturally, the US (my country) has no plans whatsoever to do so also :I
Caledoniaa on
Conversely the UK has the most expensive energy costs in the world for consumers.
Jedibri81 on
onlyyoutilltheend on
It’s being decommissioned tomorrow and the closing process will take at least 2 years.
Octave_Ergebel on
…From the country that brought you modern exploitation !
R_N_F on
What power source are they swapping to?
pissflapgrease on
Something positive about Britain? Reddit won’t like that.
Bigdavesparky on
Also Port Talbot blast furnaces have shut down this week, the biggest single Co2 emitter in the UK, only one place makes virgin steel (blast furnaces) and I work there.
Old_Roof on
While everyone is rejoicing going green, our energy prices are now the highest in the world.
What is left of our steel industry is now owned by Indian & Chinese who are being subsidised billions to change to electric arc furnaces, whilst simultaneously building new dirty blast furnaces. Similar tales too for our auto industry.
So while I’m glad we don’t use coal anymore, I can’t help but feel like we are being mugged off.
velinoth on
As a satisfactory player, that coal better be going to steel production
Bojackhoman on
Britain is still reliant on fossil fuels though? There are more stuffs than just coal…
grasimasi on
In the meantime, our politicians (in Germany) have switched off nuclear power and returned to coal… a sad life
Tits_McgeeD on
Crazy considering how much of a powerhouse Britain was in the industrial Revolution. You’d think we would be holding onto our coal more. Glad to see us more on
ra246 on
This isn’t a triumph. Our energy bills are some of the highest in the world, as others have mentioned. As a result, and in addition to our inflation (10%+ which is big for us) there have been millions of people who have admitted to skipping meals/choosing between ‘heating/eating’ over the winter. We don’t have extreme winters like some countries; we don’t have famine like some countries, but we’re supposed to be one of the richest in the world, (both by GDP and per Capita) and yet millions of our population have been absolutely fucked over the last few years.
Az4547right on
Absolutely dumb 🤦♂️
Fit-Rip-4550 on
Until the world is singing some variant of Uranium fever, this is not good.
LaserGadgets on
Germany shut down nuclear reactors and switched back on coal -.- just great.
mulymule on
But it’s all being packed up and sold to China, so it’s not really beneficial to the world as a whole
DocHenry66 on
Somewhere Joe Manchin sheds a tear
tree-molester on
White moths are back baby!!
looking4astronauts on
Was this controversial at all? Because I think if you proposed getting rid of coal in the US you’d be called a communist.
Alert-Note-7190 on
Respect.
Wonderful_Welder9660 on
3 cheers for us! Hip Hip Hooray!
Happy_Economics9480 on
What do they use now?
AdsREverywhere on
Im offended because well Trump
Mistabushi_HLL on
With most expensive electricity in the world I’m surprised it was still operational.
SecondLovatt on
From a backup perspective it’s probably not too bad to have one or two dirty plants but I respect the fact we’re moving away from it all
ZadokPriest on
This is a fail.
Superb-Tea-3174 on
Put vertical axis turbines in those cooling towers as a source of energy. Better economics by far than just demolishing them.
jaggs117 on
Nuclear power please
FlyAroundInternet on
“Can I buy it?”
-Ontario’s Doug Ford, probably
Broken-Emu on
Wow. Good job 🇬🇧
behold_the_pagentry on
Awesome. Just curious, how are electricity costs in GB?
80ninevision on
Everyone keep in mind that the US has 5x the population and 40x the land mass of Britain. It’s not so easy over here, it’ll take a much larger investment (which we should do).
TernionDragon on
Finally the spirits of all the Chimneysweeps killed on the job(mostly kids) will be freed from their island prison.
ElementalLuck on
I don’t believe it.
LupoShaar on
It’s impressive they are the first to do it while several of their nuclear power plants have been shut down or must be shut down soon for obsolescence.
Note however that France is not too far from same goal, only two power plant are left and planned to be shut down before end of 2026. The 5 remaining G7 countries are however much farther on this goal.
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Wonder how long they can go without fossil fuels .
I look on the article and the first thing I see is that they measured it in Tea Cups. Classic Britain lol.
*”The coal power plant was first commissioned in 1967 and received its last coal delivery in June. The* ***2,000-megawatt****-capacity plant can produce enough electricity for some 2 million homes, according to Uniper, the energy company that owns it. Over its decades in operation, it’s generated enough energy to make more than* ***21 trillion cups of tea****, or roughly 1 billion cups per day, Uniper says.”*
Full article: [https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252195/last-coal-power-plant-close-climate-change-clean-energy](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252195/last-coal-power-plant-close-climate-change-clean-energy)
It sounds like even though it will soon shut down, it will take a while to officially close. This is all interesting to me though, I didn’t realize how little countries relied on Coal power plants, or for that matter nuclear ones. I just looked it up, and Britain actually relies more on wind power than anything else, which is contrary to me previously thinking that most countries relied majorly on nuclear and coal power.
Naturally, the US (my country) has no plans whatsoever to do so also :I
Conversely the UK has the most expensive energy costs in the world for consumers.
It’s being decommissioned tomorrow and the closing process will take at least 2 years.
…From the country that brought you modern exploitation !
What power source are they swapping to?
Something positive about Britain? Reddit won’t like that.
Also Port Talbot blast furnaces have shut down this week, the biggest single Co2 emitter in the UK, only one place makes virgin steel (blast furnaces) and I work there.
While everyone is rejoicing going green, our energy prices are now the highest in the world.
What is left of our steel industry is now owned by Indian & Chinese who are being subsidised billions to change to electric arc furnaces, whilst simultaneously building new dirty blast furnaces. Similar tales too for our auto industry.
So while I’m glad we don’t use coal anymore, I can’t help but feel like we are being mugged off.
As a satisfactory player, that coal better be going to steel production
Britain is still reliant on fossil fuels though? There are more stuffs than just coal…
In the meantime, our politicians (in Germany) have switched off nuclear power and returned to coal… a sad life
Crazy considering how much of a powerhouse Britain was in the industrial Revolution. You’d think we would be holding onto our coal more. Glad to see us more on
This isn’t a triumph. Our energy bills are some of the highest in the world, as others have mentioned. As a result, and in addition to our inflation (10%+ which is big for us) there have been millions of people who have admitted to skipping meals/choosing between ‘heating/eating’ over the winter. We don’t have extreme winters like some countries; we don’t have famine like some countries, but we’re supposed to be one of the richest in the world, (both by GDP and per Capita) and yet millions of our population have been absolutely fucked over the last few years.
Absolutely dumb 🤦♂️
Until the world is singing some variant of Uranium fever, this is not good.
Germany shut down nuclear reactors and switched back on coal -.- just great.
But it’s all being packed up and sold to China, so it’s not really beneficial to the world as a whole
Somewhere Joe Manchin sheds a tear
White moths are back baby!!
Was this controversial at all? Because I think if you proposed getting rid of coal in the US you’d be called a communist.
Respect.
3 cheers for us! Hip Hip Hooray!
What do they use now?
Im offended because well Trump
With most expensive electricity in the world I’m surprised it was still operational.
From a backup perspective it’s probably not too bad to have one or two dirty plants but I respect the fact we’re moving away from it all
This is a fail.
Put vertical axis turbines in those cooling towers as a source of energy. Better economics by far than just demolishing them.
Nuclear power please
“Can I buy it?”
-Ontario’s Doug Ford, probably
Wow. Good job 🇬🇧
Awesome. Just curious, how are electricity costs in GB?
Everyone keep in mind that the US has 5x the population and 40x the land mass of Britain. It’s not so easy over here, it’ll take a much larger investment (which we should do).
Finally the spirits of all the Chimneysweeps killed on the job(mostly kids) will be freed from their island prison.
I don’t believe it.
It’s impressive they are the first to do it while several of their nuclear power plants have been shut down or must be shut down soon for obsolescence.
Note however that France is not too far from same goal, only two power plant are left and planned to be shut down before end of 2026. The 5 remaining G7 countries are however much farther on this goal.
Only 8 years after Scotland! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/24/longannet-power-station-closes-coal-power-scotland
Uh, Im pretty sure they are still using fossil fuels, maybe not coal but . . .
MORE NUCLEAR ENERGY!!