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 […]
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Last Berlin lignite plant closes
May 24, 2017 9:20 amThe CHP plant at Berlin-Klingenberg stopped using coal (lignite) in May 2017 (it continues to operate using gas). In 2009, […]
Slovak plant at Martin to quit coal
April 14, 2017 9:23 amThe state-owned heat and power plant in Martin, Slovakia, which supplies heat and power to the towns of Martin and […]
The ship has sailed for coal in historic port city
March 31, 2017 9:28 amThe coal plant in Genova effectively closed down in January 2018, although Enel has not ruled out re-starting it if […]
Rhineland breathes again
March 31, 2017 9:26 amBuilt in the 1970s and 1980s on the banks of the Rhine, the two coal power plants of the Voerde […]
Stockholm to quit coal by 2022
February 21, 2017 9:31 amThe city of Stockholm announced that it would cease using coal by 2022, as part of efforts to go fossil […]
It’s the finish line for coal in Finland
February 20, 2017 2:55 pmLike the Kristiina plant, the 1970s-era Tahkoluoto coal power station at Pori was retired from Finland’s reserve in 2017, having […]
Mothballed pending closure
February 20, 2017 2:47 pmProduction ceased in 2015 at the Kristiina oil and coal-fired power plant at Österbotten, Finland, as it was no longer […]
Coal’s days are numbered at Esbjerg
February 2, 2017 3:06 pmEsbjerg CHP plant in west Denmark will be the last Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) power plant to quit coal. The […]