Lest you get the idea that those absorbers demolished last year were part of the original 1961-1966 build, they were in fact part of the flue gas desulphurisation system installed 2000-2003 (along with new chimneys). You may recall that our Scandinavian friends had been complaining for many years about acid rain, and this was the response.

Note that West Burton B plant was planned later on, to be equipped with FGD from the start, but was never built and that name now applies to a gas power station (CCGT^▸ (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine)).

Good news for the environment, but a bit worrying from the energy security point of view.
I hoped that greater progress would have been made towards increasing renewable power generation, and increasing large scale electricity storage.

What you want is one thing, what you're likely to get is another. In this case, for example, SSE^» (Scottish and Southern Energy - website) Hydrogen Developments are currently going through planning (a DCO^▸ (Development Consent Order, or Driver Controlled Operation (that is, operation and dispatch of the train solely by the driver even with another member of staff on board), depending on context)) for "Ferrybridge Next Generation Power Station". The main proposal is for 1.2 GW^» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) from two gas turbines burning hydrogen, but with options for combined or open cycle and for some or all of the fuel to be natural gas if there's not enough hydrogen available to start with. Pre-application consultation new open.