[1] In 2016 gas fired power stations generated a total of 127 TWh of electricity.
[2] In November 2015, the UK Government announced that all the remaining fourteen coal-fired power stations would be closed by 2025.
[3] In November 2017 the UK Government co-founded the Powering Past Coal Alliance.
[4][5] The United Kingdom had continuously burned coal for the generation of electricity since the opening of Holborn Viaduct power station in 1882.
On 21 April 2017, for the first time since 1882, the GB grid had a 24-hour period without any generation from coal power.