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Coal power stations fire up at midnight as UK’s cold snap continues

Coal power stations fire up at midnight as UK’s cold snap continues

National Grid put Drax and EDF’s West Burton generator on standby, with the latter stood down at 5amNational Grid asked coal-fired power stations to warm up on Thursday for the third time this week in case they are needed as cold weather across the UK continues.Two units at Drax in Yorkshire and one at West Burton in Nottinghamshire were asked to fire up just before midnight on Wednesday. The West Burton unit was stood down at 5:13am, but the Drax units have continued to heat up, according to notifications sent to the industry.

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