Fiddler’s Ferry and Aberthaw plants shut as firms ditch coal

Shutdown of SSE and RWE plants comes before UK ban on coal-fired power from 2025

The energy corporations SSE and RWE have shut the door on coal-fired power generation by closing the Fiddler's Ferry power station in Warrington, Cheshire, and the Aberthaw coal plant in Wales after almost 50 years.

The Fiddler's Ferry power plant began generating enough electricity to power 2m homes in 1973 and is officially closing on Tuesday. The Aberthaw plant, which is slightly smaller and first began helping to power the UK electricity system in 1971, is shutting on the same day.