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Coal Fired Power Stations

Question for Department for Energy and Climate Change

UIN 36715, tabled on 6 May 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what technical mechanisms her Department plans to take coal-fired power plants offline.

Answered on

11 May 2016

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has announced that the Department will be launching a consultation on proposals to end unabated coal generation by 2025. Options will be set out in that consultation.

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Department for Energy and Climate Change