Spain’s biggest coal plant, As Pontes, to close in 2024
August 19, 2023 7:17 pmThe Spanish government accepted energy company Endesa’s request to close its 1,468 MW As Pontes coal plant by August 2024. […]
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Romania fast-forwards coal exit to 2030
June 2, 2022 11:42 amThe Romanian government has published an emergency law for the phase out of coal by 2030. It is expected to be approved within a month. It constitutes a two year acceleration of the country’s original coal exit plan announced last September, and clears the way for Romania to exploit its enormous solar and wind energy potential.
Slovakia moves ahead with coal phase out as solution to energy crisis
May 12, 2022 10:07 amSlovakia confirms that its 266MW Nováky coal power plant will close in 2023, demonstrating that European countries can proceed with their coal phase out plans and reduce their dependence on Russian fossil fuels at the same time.
Czechia announces 2033 coal phase out
January 7, 2022 3:00 pmThe new Czech government has announced Czechia will phase out coal by 2033 in its programme statement. It's the 22nd European country to formalise a coal exit but joins five others in announcing a Paris Agreement incompatible date.
SLOVENIA ADOPTS COAL EXIT PLAN
January 14, 2022 1:00 pmThe Slovenian government has announced that it will phase out coal by 2033 at the latest. The plan lacks ambition when compared to the coal phase out dates of peer countries like Slovakia (2030), North Macedonia (2027) and Greece (2025), and falls short of the country’s responsibility on climate change. Nevertheless, it brings a Paris-aligned, pre-2030 coal phase out within reach.
Spanish energy company Endesa closes 1160 MW Litoral coal plant
December 23, 2021 2:34 pmSpanish energy company Endesa has closed its 1160MW Litoral plant in Almeria. The company plans to construct 1.5 GW of […]
Enel announces closure of La Spezia coal plant
December 9, 2021 4:51 pmItaly continues to deliver on its 2025 coal exit as Enel announces it will close its 600 MW La Spezia […]
Spain’s Los Barrios to close, as Turkey’s new coal pipeline quietly evaporates
August 3, 2021 2:06 pmSpain’s Los Barrios coal plant to close and six Turkish coal plant projects cancelled
PORTUGAL BECOMES FOURTH EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO GO COAL FREE
November 22, 2021 1:10 pmPortugal has become the fourth country in Europe to stop burning coal, with its only remaining coal plant, Pego, closing ten days ahead of schedule. It concludes a whirlwind coal exit, which began when the country signed a declaration to exit coal by 2030 at COP23 in Bonn back in 2017.