Harry Harpham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harry Harpham on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which coal-fired power stations her Department expects to close before 2020.

Andrea Leadsom

Decisions to close power stations are taken by their owners based on market conditions. The owners of Longannet, Lynemouth and Ferrybridge have announced their intention to stop generating by March 2016. The owners of Eggborough (2GW) have announced they may close by March 2016. Following the European Commission’s approval of state aid in December 2015 followed by its sale, EPH are converting Lynemouth to biomass. We expect this process to take about 18 months.