VW quits coal in Wolfsburg
March 8, 2018 10:03 amIn early 2018, Volkswagen announced it would convert its two coal power plants in Wolfsburg – including Wolfsburg North and […]
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Coal: not economic
March 2, 2018 10:18 amThe second coal unit at the Werdohl-Elverlingsen power plant in North-Rhine Westphalia will be retired at the end of March […]
Hard coal unit closes after 53 years in operation
January 27, 2018 12:20 pmThe remaining coal-fired unit of the Duisberg-Hochfeld combined heat and power plant closed in March 2018. Thanks to, among others, […]
Cottbus to close municipal coal plant
January 25, 2018 12:25 pmThe public utility and city of Cottbus announced that its lignite plant would close by 2022, to be replaced by […]
Polluter closes; solar steps in
January 1, 2018 12:29 pmAn EU regulation dictated the closure of Adamów lignite plant in Poland at the end of 2017, bringing a breath […]
Tallest smokestack quits dirty habit
January 1, 2018 8:50 amKnown for having the tallest flue-gas stack in Europe, Trbovlje Power Station in the Sava valley originally had four coal-fired […]
Berlin ditches coal
October 19, 2017 12:40 pmIn October 2017, the German capital passed a law to become coal-free by 2030. All remaining Berlin coal plants, Moabit, […]
Dutch agreement leads to 5 coal plants closing
June 30, 2017 9:13 amTwo units of Maasvlakte power station closed in June 2017, the result of a 2013 accord between government, business and […]
Shift away from coal at Saarland steel production site
June 15, 2017 9:18 amStrong local opposition scuppered RWE’s proposal in 2006/07 to expand the Ensdorf coal-fired power plant, and it eventually announed to […]