170 Risk Employment Plants After Westburton Closure
As EDF is set to reveal plans to close West Burton A Plant, the UK will still have one power plant burning coal by the end of 2022.
The French energy company plans to confirm in the coming days that it will close Nottinghamshire station by September 2022 after more than 50 years of operation.
While the unions are reported, their jobs are now at risk, so the 170 staff at the factory will soon be informed of the news.
Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-SOAR plant, also in Nottinghamshire, will be the only power plant burning coal following the decision ahead of the government’s deadline to phase out coal use by the end of 2024. .
The news is seen as a continuation of the UK’s success area, particularly ahead of this year’s COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow.
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Coal was the UK’s largest source of electricity in 2013, but by 2020 it fell below 2%. Many older plants have been closed following carbon taxes and subsidies on wind and solar plants.
Sue Farns of Prospect Union commented on the workforce’s work and treating viable solutions.
“The priorities need to enable dedicated workers to move into new jobs. We cannot waste the skills we have accumulated, and we also have a large-scale power plant. We should not abandon the community that was an employer,” Ferns said.
