It took just 41 kilograms of explosives and less than a minute — a remnant of the 1970s fossil fuel age is blown to bits to make way for a methanol fuel plant.

The planned demolition of the UK's last coal-fired power station has reached a key step. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station was switched off on 30 September 2024 after generating electricity since 1968.

Five years down, about three more to go to complete the dismantlement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. “When we started in 2020, we said it would be about eight years,” said Ron Pontes, ...