As the clock approached midnight on Monday, workers were invited to gather in the canteen at the coal-fired power plant in ...

The shuttering of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire ends an era that began in 1882, when the world's ...

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant, operational since 1967, has ceased coal-power generation, making the UK the first G7 nation to do so. Renewable energy development plans are underway for the site. This ...

NPR's Lauren Frayer reports. LAUREN FRAYER, BYLINE: For Helen Griffiths, the towers of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station are like a beacon signaling she's home. HELEN GRIFFITHS: The billowing steam ...

The United Kingdom became the first G7 nation to end its reliance on coal-generated power as it closed its last coal plant ...

With Monday's closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, coal is no longer being used to provide electricity in the UK.

The country’s final coal-fired power station was desynced from the grid on 30 September, bringing an end to 142 years of ...

Renowned playwright James Graham, the man behind the BBC's Sherwood series, has been among those urging the cooling towers to ...

OPEC+ is set to meet tomorrow, and the group will be under pressure to support oil prices which have been falling fairly ...

"When I started my career 36 years ago, none of us imaged a future without coal generation in our lifetimes," he said.

The closure of Britain's last coal plant is a major milestone on the path for the country to meet its climate targets, said ...

Although oil and gas are not as embedded throughout British life as coal once was, there are many areas still dependent on ...