03 August 2022
Our new documentary video “Hope Beyond Coal in Greece’s Valley of Tears” vividly illustrates the challenge, promise and potential of Kozani’s transition away from lignite to clean, affordable and sustainable renewable energy.
Read more:
https://beyond-coal.eu/2022/07/27/hellenic-hope-rapid-solar-build-out-transforms-greeces-coal-laden-valley-of-tears/
27 March 2023
When we first launched Europe Beyond Coal in 2017, Europe had 328 coal plants and only 3 countries with plans to quit coal. Fast forward to today and coal is in decline. Only 157 coal plants are left without a 2030 closure date and 23 countries are already coal-free or have a plan to quit coal. To solve the cost of living, security and climate crises, we must transform Europe’s power sector so that it is free of fossil fuels and based fully on renewable energy by 2035.
24 May 2019
Europe’s most polluting coal utility, RWE, is still planning to expand its two open pit coal mines in North Rhine Westphalia.
10 May 2024
Government 2035 Commitment Tracker
The Government 2035 Commitment Tracker monitors commitments made by European governments to a fair and sustainable power system based on renewable energy beyond fossil fuels.
07 April 2022
People in Sivas, Turkey, have been suffering the toxic impacts of coal for three decades. They say they want change, and that installing σolar panels on the region’s coal sites is a big part of the answer.
