BBC: Plans for Britain’s first coal-fired power station equipped with carbon capture technology have been backed by the European Commission. The commission has recommended that a plant in Hatfield, near Doncaster, should receive £164m of EU funding. The sum would be matched by a similar sum from the UK government. If the plan gets the go-ahead it is thought 1,500 jobs will be created by the plant’s construction. Work would begin in 2010, for completion in 2015. The …