Coal Fired Power Stations: Closures
(asked on 11th January 2016) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which coal-fired power stations her Department expects to close before 2020.
This question was answered on 18th January 2016
Decisions to close power stations are taken by their owners based on market conditions. The owners of Longannet, Lynemouth and Ferrybridge have announced their intention to stop generating by March 2016. The owners of Eggborough (2GW) have announced they may close by March 2016. Following the European Commission’s approval of state aid in December 2015 followed by its sale, EPH are converting Lynemouth to biomass. We expect this process to take about 18 months.