CNBC: Scotland will today stop generating electricity from coal for the first time in more than 100 years.
Scotland will today stop generating electricity from coal for the first time in more than 100 years.
The Longannet power station, north of the capital Edinburgh, switches off the last of its four generating units at 3 p.m. local time Thursday.
The plant was the largest coal power station in Europe when it came online in 1969, capable of producing 2,400 megawatts.
"Coal has long been the...