Will the phaseout of Coal from the UK power grid be completed as planned in September 2024?

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The UK Government has promised to eliminate coal-fired thermal generation from the UK grid by October 2024. The three remaining units, all part of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station are scheduled to shut down in September 2024.

Will this be completed as scheduled?

Resolves as YES on 2024-10-01 if closure of all coal units is confirmed. Confirmation could be by press release, physical destruction or other convincing evidence (e.g. deregistration as Balancing Mechanism units).

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@traders The Balancing Mechanism Units have notified their shutdown (link is to RATS-4, the last to turn off). They will not generate any more power today.

Uniper, the operator of the power plant has released a press release saying that the plant will shutdown permanently at "midnight" today.

Accordingly, I will resolve YES tomorrow unless everyone has a last minute change of heart and they reverse the above.

The closure of the final coal plant in the UK, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, at midnight on 30th September 2024, marks the beginning of a new era.

How will we know whether it is 1 second before or 1 second after?

The Guardian reporting today is the final day.

Still burning coal today! Two days left to use up the remaining coal and announce the shutdown.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckkg0wl7dkro

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Workers at the UK's last coal-fired power plant prepare to say goodbye.

Powering down: end times for the UK's final coal-fired station (2024-04-21).

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