Druridge Bay in Northumberland is the site of a proposed coalmine, which Friends of the Earth oppose AlamyBritain has enough coal stockpiled at power stations to fuel them until they are shut down forever, according to new analysis that undermines the case for a new coal mine in Northumberland. Friends of the Earth, the environmental campaign group, said that updated government figures had slashed the forecasts for the amount of electricity Britain’s remaining coal plants were likely to generate in coming years. As a result, “coal stocks held at power stations are more than enough to generate the projected amount of electricity”, it calculated. The group is campaigning against plans for a new open-cast coal mine near Druridge Bay in Northumberland, where the Banks Group hopes to extract three million tonnes of coal. Permission for the mine has been delayed amid a…

Source: The Times May 13, 2019 23:03 UTC