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Coal-fired power station Didcot A generated its last megawatt on Friday 22 March after 43 years of service. Over its lifetime it ran for 660,000 hours.
The 2,000MW RWE plant will be decommissioned over the course of nine months before demolition, which could take several years.
RWE had opted out of the Large Combustion Plant Directive for Didcot A, meaning it was restricted to running for 20,000 hours from January 2008.
Phil Noake, Didcot A power station manager, said: “This is a sad time for everyone at the power station, but I’m very proud of what we’ve achieved over the past 42 years.”
Didcot B gas-fired power station will continue to run on the site.
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