The last coal-fired power plant in the U.K. is closing, ending Britain's 140-year reliance on the fossil fuel for electricity.

A new era of renewable energy begins with the closure of Britain’s last coal-fired power plant on Sept. 30. The shutdown makes Britain the first nation from the Group of Seven major economies to phase out coal.

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar station in central England is finishing its final shift at midnight after more than half a century of turning coal into power.

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last surviving coal-burning power station in a country that birthed the Industrial Revolution and fed it with coal.