Old power renewed

摘要

British industry is weathering a bout of upheaval as shifting global markets and energy policy take their toll on parts of the 'old economy'. In January, cuts by Tata Steel at Port Talbot in South Wales followed the closure of its Scunthorpe plant and SSI's Redcar steel works. Over the coming months, coal-fired power stations at Rugeley, Fiddlers Ferry, Eggborough, Ferrybridge and Longannet will close. Debate is circling around industrial policy and government aspirations for manufacturing, energy supply and regenerating the former industrial heartlands of the North.