Britain’s last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Britain will shutter its last ever coal fired power plant on Monday— ending the country's 140 year reliance on the fossil fuel.

The U.K's last coal-fired power station closed on Monday, but thousands of power stations operating on coal are still running around the globe and climate scientists say they need to be retired at a faster rate.