Overview

• Eight activists climbed two 75-metre chimney stacks at RWE's Staythorpe Power Station in Nottinghamshire, unfurling a banner reading “The Great Gas Rip-Off: Now on!”.
• Nottinghamshire Police said four protesters came down and were arrested on suspicion of trespass, with others remaining on the stacks as of 2.30pm.
• RWE reported the station remained operational and said the safety of staff, contractors and protesters was the priority.
• Greenpeace links the protest to its report urging the removal of gas plants from wholesale price-setting and using them as a strategic reserve, estimating £5.1bn in annual savings.
• Campaigners highlight that gas often sets the UK power price despite supplying a fraction of generation, citing ECIU’s £90bn extra gas cost since 2021 and a January instance of at least £12m paid for three hours of supply.