BULGARIA ANNOUNCES CLIMATE FAILING COAL EXIT
October 15, 2021 12:00 pmThe Bulgarian government has announced that the country will phase out coal in 2038 or 2040, n its National Resilience […]
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Greece brings coal exit forward by three years to 2025
April 22, 2021 5:07 pmOperator PPC abandons plan to operate under construction Ptolemaida 5 lignite plant until 2028 due to skyrocketing carbon permit prices, bringing […]
CEZ Group to close its 600 MW Dětmarovice coal plant
April 7, 2021 4:05 pmCEZ Group announced that it will close its 600 MW Dětmarovice coal-powered plant in the Czech Republic by the end […]
EDF’s Le Havre coal plant retires
March 31, 2021 4:55 pmEDF’s 57 year-old, 630MW Le Havre coal plant closed its doors for the final time today.
ROMANIA COMMITS TO EXITING COAL BY 2032 AT THE LATEST
September 28, 2021 6:26 pmThe Romanian government has committed the country to phasing-out hard coal and lignite power production by 2032 in its National […]
Europe is halfway to closing all its coal plants
March 23, 2021 10:23 amFive years from the UN Paris Climate Agreement, half of all coal plants operating or under construction in Europe (162 […]
Enel turns off coal units 1 and 2 at its Fusina coal plant
September 3, 2021 10:53 amThe 145 and 155 MW units will permanently close by the end of the year.
Second last coal plant in the UK has a closure date
March 23, 2021 10:19 amEDF energy outlined plans to close its 2188 MW, West Burton coal plant in 2022. It is the 162nd closure announcement since 2016 in Europe.
CLIMATE AMBITION AND EARLY COAL PHASE OUT LOOM LARGE IN GERMAN ELECTION
September 26, 2021 10:48 amAs the tallying of votes concludes in a pivotal election for Germany, early results show climate change and an early […]