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Energy U-turn could kill off coal-fired power plant

A highly controversial plan for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston in North Ayrshire looks doomed because Scottish ministers have quietly withdrawn their backing for the scheme.

A new Scottish Government policy statement on electricity generation does not endorse the £3 billion plant proposed by Clydeport’s owners, Peeling Holdings.