{"id":18165,"date":"2018-01-08T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T19:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=18165"},"modified":"2018-01-08T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T19:30:43","slug":"coal-power-end-britain-mb0404","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coal-power-end-britain-mb0404\/","title":{"rendered":"Clock Ticking For Coal Power In Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: Benita5<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The UK government announced last week how it intends ending unabated coal fired power generation in Great Britain by 2025 – and the date its proposed rules will come into effect.<\/p>\n

The government originally announced its intention to end unabated coal power by 2025 back in 2015. This was followed by a consultation process on how to reach the goal that attracted nearly 6,000 submissions.<\/p>\n

In September 2017, the government said it would proceed with action to regulate closure and has now settled on actions.<\/p>\n

It has decided<\/a> that it will set a new emissions intensity limit on generators of 450g CO2 per kWh of electricity generated. This level eliminates all conventional coal and also so-called High Efficiency, Low Emissions (HELE) plants without major modification.<\/p>\n

HELE Power Station Carbon Emissions Intensity<\/h2>\n

HELE is a term that’s a little misleading – these plants aren’t all efficient, nor low-emissions compared to renewables.<\/p>\n

Conventional coal fired power generation:<\/p>\n