RWE announces it will close its Aberthaw B plant
August 1, 2019 11:31 amRWE has taken the decision to close the 1,560MW Aberthaw B coal fired power station. RWE will transfer Aberthaw Power […]
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Biomass can be as bad as coal
July 5, 2019 4:41 pmNew boilers to burn biomass and waste at the Prerov combined heat and power plant in Czechia will be built […]
Slovakia has pledged to phase out coal power by 2023!
June 18, 2019 12:29 pmIn a press conference with the prime minister, president Zuzana Čaputová, pledged to support the 2050 target and revealed that […]
Coal phase-out gathers pace with UK & Austrian closure announcements
June 17, 2019 11:40 amFiddler’s Ferry plant will close in 2020 after £40m loss last year. Meanwhile, EVN’s closure of its Duernrohr plant the […]
EDF to close its Le Havre coal plant in spring 2021
June 7, 2019 4:35 pmThe state-controlled French utility said this decision is in line with the plans of the national government to phase out […]
Replacing coal with coal?!
May 18, 2019 4:39 pmVeolia wants to build a new multi-fuel boiler able to burn coal at the Karvina coal plant in Czechia in […]
BoaPlus? Boa-TSCHUESS!
April 26, 2019 12:16 pmAnother RWE coal plant project was cancelled. The court ruled against the project of this coal plant in Niederaussem because […]
Erlangen utilities quit coal
March 31, 2019 12:08 pmThe coal-fired boiler of the plant will be taken off the grid in 2021, marking an end to coal in […]
Switching from coal to gas
March 31, 2019 10:08 amUniper’s coal-fired power plant Kiel East closed in March 2019 to be replaced with a new gas-powered cogeneration plant. Plans […]