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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Watch: Record-breaking eight cooling towers demolished in Nottinghamshire
Watch the record-breaking moment eight cooling towers are demolished in series of explosions at a power station in Nottinghamshire. The landmark cooling towers at Cottam Power Station were demolished in a special operation on Thursday (14 August). Contractors say the flattening of the eight structures is the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out. The coal-fired complex, which opened in 1968 and was capable of generating electricity for around 3.7 million homes, closed for good in 2019.
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Watch: Record-breaking eight cooling towers demolished in Nottinghamshire
Watch the record-breaking moment eight cooling towers are demolished in series of explosions at a power station in Nottinghamshire. The landmark cooling towers at Cottam Power Station were demolished in a special operation on Thursday (14 August). Contractors say the flattening of the eight structures is the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out. The coal-fired complex, which opened in 1968 and was capable of generating electricity for around 3.7 million homes, closed for good in 2019.
The Sun
4 days ago
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- The Sun
Moment eight 375ft-tall cooling towers crash to ground in record-breaking simultaneous demolition
Eight 375ft-tall cooling towers crashed to the ground yesterday in the largest simultaneous demolition of its kind. Hundreds of people watched the structures' tumble at Cottam Power Station in Retford, Notts, one of the last coal-fired stations in Britain. 4 4 The towers were flattened in 10 seconds, sending a huge cloud of dust into the air. The power station shut in 2019. The historic moment marked the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out. The coal-fired complex, which opened in 1968, was capable of generating enough electricity for 3.7 million homes. Originally designed for just 30 years of use, it remained operational until 2019 when it was decommissioned by EDF Energy. The demolition, the ninth at the EDF-owned site, is part of a phased clearance. Other parts of the site, including its chimney stack, have already been destroyed. The project is expected to be complete by early 2026. 4
The Independent
4 days ago
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- The Independent
Watch: Record-breaking eight cooling towers demolished in series of explosions in Nottinghamshire
Watch the record-breaking moment eight cooling towers are demolished in series of explosions at a power station in Nottinghamshire. The landmark cooling towers at Cottam Power Station were demolished in a special operation on Thursday (14 August). Contractors say the flattening of the eight structures is the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out. The coal-fired complex, which opened in 1968 and was capable of generating electricity for around 3.7 million homes, closed for good in 2019.
Reuters
12-07-2025
- Business
- Reuters
India eases sulphur emission rules for coal power plants, reversing decade-old mandate
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Reuters) - India has reversed a decade-old mandate to install $30 billion worth of clean-air equipment, easing sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants, a government order said. Reuters in December reported the government was reviewing 2015 norms that required nearly 540 coal-based power units to install flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems that remove sulphur from the plants' exhaust gases in phases starting in 2027. The federal environment ministry late on Friday issued a gazette notification that exempted 79% of the coal-fired power plants, outside a 10-km (6 mile) radius of populated and polluted cities, from the 2015 mandate. The mandate to install FGD for another 11% of the plants near populated cities would be taken on a "case-to-case basis," the notification said. The balance of 10% of the coal-fired power plants closer to New Delhi and other cities with a million-plus population will be required to install the desulphurisation equipment by December 2027, according to the new mandate. The notification comes after state-run NTPC ( opens new tab, India's top electricity producer, spent about $4 billion on installing the equipment at about 11% of the power plants, and about 50% of the units either placed orders for the desulphurisation systems or are installing them. The Friday notification did not mention the impact on the competitiveness or recovery of costs by these power plants. It said the decision was taken after the Central Pollution Control Board carried out a detailed analysis of the increase in "carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere due to operation of control measures being deployed."
