UK coal-fired plant capacity to fall to 15.8 GW by end-2016

摘要

Unfavorable market conditions and shrinking profitrnmargins have led to the closure of several coal-firedrnpower stations in the UK, with ScottishPower’s 2.4 GWrnLongannet coal plant in Scotland the latest casualty onrnthe list. The closures mean available coal plant capacityrnin the UK will fall to 15.8 GW from April 2016, anrnanalysis of Platts Powervision data showed.