Two of the UK’s coal-fired emergency power stations have started supplying electricity to British homes for the first time this winter.
Amid a windless cold snap, Britain’s National Grid used coal-fired emergency units for the first time as electricity supplies tightened on Tuesday.
Last year, the government approached several coal-fired power stations that were set to shut, asking them to be on standby this winter.
The plants have been warmed up a few times so far this winter, but Tuesday marked the first time that they started to produce electricity.
The West Burton generation sites are run by French energy giant EDF….