UK to close all coal power plants in switch to gas and nuclear
by Rowena Mason Political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#TXTA)
Amber Rudd vows to close coal-fired stations by 2025 but says balance has swung too far in favour of green policies
The UK will close all coal-fired power plants by 2025, the first major country to do so, but will fill the capacity gap largely with new gas and nuclear plants rather than cleaner alternatives.
The announcement came in a speech by the energy secretary, Amber Rudd, which she described as a "reset" of Britain's energy policy on Wednesday.
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