Old Coal Plants Raise New Dilemmas

Since its coal-fired boilers were shut down permanently in 1983, the Battersea Power Station - one of London's most iconic structures - has been the subject of several different redevelopment schemes, all of which have failed. The Art Deco monument, with its four tall chimneystacks set against the south London sky, has essentially been abandoned for three decades. Earlier this month the latest redevelopment plan, from the plant's current owner, a Malaysian firm called SP Setia, was kicked off by...