Longannet power station closes ending coal power use in Scotland
by Terry Macalister Energy editor from on (#183JG)
The biggest plant of its kind in Britain has been generating electricity for 46 years, with closure marking 'end of an era' for coal power in Scotland
Scotland will on Thursday witness an end to the coal age which fired its industrial revolution with the closure of Longannet power station.
The symbolic switch off is an important step towards a lower carbon Britain but is another blow to energy security.
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