June 24, 2020 4:21 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Eight Spanish coal power plants are expected to close, and a host of coal units in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia face a very challenging future.
July 15, 2020 10:12 am
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
European financial institutions and international investors and banks including BlackRock and the Japanese megabanks are keeping Europe’s terminally declining coal industry on life support, handing companies €12 billion in investment, and €9.8 billion in loans and underwriting in less than 1.5 years, according to a new report.
July 14, 2020 3:53 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Portuguese energy company EDP has announced the closure of its Sines coal plant, bringing the shutdown forward by two years to 2021.
June 25, 2020 8:23 am
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
A new set of digital tools were launched to highlight coal utilities and financial institutions that continue to hold back progress.
June 4, 2020 2:47 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
The Czech Republic’s coal commission will join state-owned energy company ČEZ tomorrow to hold a ceremony marking the closure of the Prunerov I coal plant.
June 3, 2020 12:28 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Polish Energy company Energa has confirmed that its controversial 1,000 MW Ostrołęka C coal plant project in Poland will not go ahead.
May 19, 2020 8:11 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
The future of coal has darkened considerably with energy company PKN ORLEN announcing that it will not invest in Ostrołęka C as a coal-fired project.
May 12, 2020 2:56 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Czech energy company EPH has confirmed that it will close its 565 MW Kilroot coal-powered plant, Kilroot, in Northern Ireland.
May 6, 2020 2:24 pm
Published by loukia
Portugal has joined the UK in smashing records for days without coal power this year, with its Pego power plant suspending power production on 14 March.