'End of an era': UK to shut last coal-fired power plant 

FILE - The Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station, which is due to close at the end of the month, is pictured near Nottingham, central England on Sept. 12, 2024.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for nearly 60 years, looming over the small town of the same name and a landmark on the M1 motorway bisecting Derby and Nottingham.