Spanish coal plant down
November 29, 2018 8:28 amThe Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition authorizes the closure of the Anllares coal plant following the request submitted in May […]
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Hungary wants to end coal power by 2030
November 21, 2018 12:37 pm‘Sky-rocketing’ EU carbon prices could mean Hungary is the first country in eastern Europe to set an exit date for […]
Railways run just fine without coal
November 19, 2018 11:30 amThe two units (total capacity 507 MW) of 1960s-era hard coal power plant in Luenen will be taken off the […]
Farewell brown coal; you won’t be missed
August 7, 2018 9:07 amThe municipal-run utility of the eastern town of Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, will replace its lignite-fired coal plant by […]
Cleaner air over the Black Forest
July 23, 2018 9:25 amThe cogeneration plant at Pforzheim, south-west Germany, will phase out coal in 2022, it was announced in July 2018, increasing […]
Municipal utility shows the way
July 7, 2018 9:37 amWuppertal public utility company (WSW) adopted a decarbonisation strategy which has led to the decommissioning of the Wuppertal-Elberfeld coal-fired electricity […]
Cleaner air in the pipeline for Dessau
June 29, 2018 9:57 amCoal boilers at the combined heat and power plant Dessau will cease operating in 2019 following the commissioning of a […]
Ireland commits to a total coal phase out by 2025
March 23, 2018 12:41 pmCoal plant closure momentum is growing in Europe this month, with four German plants retiring or announcing retirement in March, […]
Fine dust-stricken Stuttgart now with less coal pollution
March 18, 2018 8:31 amAt the end of 2018, a new combined heat and power plant in Gaisburg took the place of the old […]