>> I think I saw something about this, the government asked several coal fired power stations
>> to stay up and running. They have been running quite a bit as there's little
>> wind with the current weather situation.
The coal fired plants at Ratcliffe and West Burton have been reprieved from closure at least until next year. Ratcliffe's cooling towers were pouring out vapour on Saturday.
Further plant at Drax, where the main fuel is biomass, was stood by yesterday but released later.
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