On Monday Britain will become the first rich nation to quit coal.

A good news story on Britain’s energy transition.

On Monday Britain’s last coal-fired power station will spew vapour from its massive towers for the last time. When it shuts it will end 142 years of coal in Britain…

…In 1920 virtually all of Britain’s electricity was produced by burning coal. Today, after advances in wind and solar power, it accounts for almost nothing.

[thetimes.com]

Sam Radford @samradford