Dear MEL Topic Readers,
UK to finish with coal power after 142 years
It was 1882 when the first coal-fired power station engineered by
Thomas Edison started generating electricity to bring light to London. Since
then, coal had been widely burned to generate electricity, heat homes, and move
trains and ships around the world until other cleaner fossil fuels, along with
nuclear power, began to take place in the late 20th century. In
fact, nearly 40% of the UK’s power was still generated by coal power plants in
2012. However, the birthplace of coal power committed to ending the use of coal
power, the dirtiest fossil fuel, before 2025 to meet the climate targets, and
has been shifting the energy source to greener wind, solar, hydro, and bioenergy
powers. The commitment to abandon coal power was successfully realized when the
last remaining coal power station ceased operation on September 30, ending the UK’s
142 years of coal power history. So, if the birthplace of coal power can shift
to cleaner powers, other countries should have no reason why they can’t.
Read the article and learn how the UK could stop using the dirtiest
fossil fuel power.
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