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

Britain’s last coal-fired power station officially closed on Monday, making it the first G7 country to end its reliance on fossil fuel to produce electricity. The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, a power plant that has dominated the surrounding central England landscape for nearly 60 years,

The UK was the first country to build a coal fired power station and has now become the first major economy to exit coal power.