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 was a country powered by coal. Now it’s the first G-7 nation to quit it. In a matter of hours, the boilers at the Ratcliffe plant will cool to the touch.

The UK's last coal-fired power station will officially close its doors on Monday, making Britain the first G7 country to end its reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity.

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,

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.