EDF Energy has shut down Cottam power station in Nottinghamshire. Since it started generating in 1968, EDF states the 2GW power station had burnt some 183m tonnes of coal to generate 500 terawatt hours of electricity across 1.1m generation hours. Around 140 people currently work at the site. Cottam’s plant manager Andy Powell, who joined … Continue reading EDF switches off Cottam coal-fired power station for last time