Ratcliffe power station
{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}}Ratcliffe Power Station is located in Ratcliife on Soar, Nottingham and is owned by E.ON UK.
It comprises four units and has an installed capacity of 2,000 megawatts. This power station is fitted with a Flue Gas Desulphurisation unit to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions.[1][2]
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Protest planned against Ratcliffe plant
On August 31, 2009, Climate Camp activists announced a planned action against E.ON's Ratcliffe coal-fired power plant. The protesters hope to shut down the plant in a mass protest scheduled for October 17 and 18, 2009. Activist Charlotte Johnson said, "We will shut Ratcliffe by land, water and air. People will break into the plant and occupy the chimney. Coal power stations must be shut permanently if we are to have any chance of stopping catastrophic climate change." A spokesman for E.ON said the company will work with police to ensure the plant remains in operation. Ratliffe ranks 18th on a list of the most polluting power plants in Europe in 2008.[3]
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- ↑ United Kingdom Quality Ash Association, "Power Station Locations and Capacities", undated but after 2006, accessed June 2008.
- ↑ Mott MacDonald, "UK Coal Production Outlook: 2004-16", Department of Trade and Industry website, Final Report March 2004. See Appendix E: UK Coal Power Stations, page E-1 at the end of the report.
- ↑ "Protesters target E.ON's Ratcliffe plant," Reuters, August 31, 2009.
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- Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
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- British Geological Survey
- European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive
- United Kingdom and coal
- Very low sulphur coal
External Articles
- E.ON UK, "Ratcliffe-on-Soar", E.ON UK website, accessed June 2008.
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