The last coal-fired power plant in the U.K. is closing, ending Britain's 140-year reliance on the fossil fuel for electricity.

United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the FTSE 350 - Automobiles & Parts, FTSE 350 Mining and FTSE 350 Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower. At the close in London,

U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.

Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar station in central England is finishing its final shift at midnight after more than half a century of turning coal into power.

Britain’s last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Britain will become the first G7 country to end coal-fired power production on Monday with the closure of its last plant, Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar in England’s Midlands.It will end over 140 years of coal power in Britain.

Britain has said goodbye to coal power, some 142 years after Thomas Edison opened the world's first coal-fired electricity plant in London. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottingham, the last coal-fired power plant in the country,

The closure of Ratcliffe Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, in Nottinghamshire, marks the end of an era in the UK.

Britain is the first G7 nation to phase out the fossil fuel, part of efforts to generate all energy from renewable sources by 2030 Britain's last coal-fired power plant will close on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution.