With all the work being done on reducing carbon emissions it is simply amazing to hear that the energy giant Eon applied to build the first new coal-fired generating units in the UK in 33 years.  

Now Medway Council in Kent is considering the application.

Amazingly each of the units Eon proposes to build would emit more carbon dioxide than 24 of the world’s lowest emitting countries combined.

What is worse the design doesn’t have the capacity for heat capture and have an efficiency rating of just 45 per cent, meaning that most of the energy is lost as waste heat before it even reaches the transmission lines.  This compares with countries like Denmark who are achieving up to 90 per cent efficiency in their power plants.

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