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British coal-fired power plants are started - before the cold snap
Chilly weather moves in across the UK. Therefore, the electricity grid company National Grid has now asked three of the country's dormant coal power plants to heat up in order to possibly be put into use on Monday.
The cold means that the demand for electricity and gas is expected to rush, at the same time it is relatively windy and the wind turbines therefore generate poorly.
Britain is to phase out coal next year to reduce emissions. But the government has asked the coal-fired power plants to be available this winter because of the fossil gas shortage. More coal means less gas needs to be used.
The cold in Great Britain is expected to last until the end of the week.