Hungary
July 15, 2022 3:29 pmThe Hungarian government has published an emergency decree, which says that the country will increase the domestic production of lignite, […]
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UK
September 13, 2022 3:28 pmAll four units of Uniper’s 543 MW Ratcliffe coal plant will continue to operate beyond September 2022 until the UK’s 2024 coal […]
Denmark
October 1, 2022 3:22 pmThe Danish government orders Ørsted to continue operating its 407 MW Esbjerg 3 coal unit, which had been scheduled to […]
France
October 3, 2022 3:16 pmFrance’s government removes cap that limited its 1260MW Cordemais coal plant from operating more than 700 hours per year.
Poland
November 8, 2022 3:08 pmPoland’s minister for state assets says the country will slow the phase out of its coal mines, but that the […]
Spain
November 15, 2022 3:07 pmSpanish utility Endesa has reactivated unit 1 of its AS Pontes coal plant and plans to refire unit 2 at […]
Germany
December 1, 2022 2:54 pmTo implement a deal made between state and federal government and energy company RWE, the German parliament passed a law […]
Romania
December 28, 2022 2:50 pmThe Romanian government prolonged operations of two coal plant units, Rovinari 3 and Turceni 7, from the end of 2022 to October […]
Montenegro
December 28, 2022 6:35 amAt the end of 2020, Pljevlja power plant had exhausted its 20,000 operating hours quota for the 2018-2023 period as established […]