UK coal-burning power plant to stay fully open two years longer than planned

Ratcliffe-on-Soar's fourth unit to be kept viable until late 2024 as ministers make request prompted by energy crisis

A Nottinghamshire coal-burning power plant will stay fully open for two years beyond its planned closure date after a call from ministers prompted by the UK's energy crisis.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar had initially been pencilled in to shut in 2022, but last year said it would have an initial extension until 31 March 2023.