The expansion of renewable energy is driving coal out of Greece, with coal output plummeting to a record low of 50 GWh in May 2024 - more than three times lower than the previous record.
Local people and environmental activists are gathering in Nijmegen this Saturday 1 June to oppose ENGIE's plan to build a new 500 MW fossil gas plant on the site of its former coal plant.
Although Poland’s solar capacity has more than doubled in the last three years, only 30 of the EU’s 9,000 energy communities are located in Poland.
The environment, climate, and energy ministers of the Group of Seven western industrialised states (G7) have committed to phase-out coal power ‘during the first half of the 2030s’, in the outcomes of their summit in Torino presented today.
Despite commitments from 12 European countries to move their power systems away from fossil fuels in line with the UN Paris Climate Agreement by 2035, analysis conducted by Beyond Fossil Fuels reveals a glaring chasm.
BERLIN, 7 MARCH 2024 – Ten EU nations, representing over sixty percent of the bloc’s electricity generation capacity have committed […]
Environmental activists protested outside Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala's residence today to mark two years since the Czech-Polish deal on the Turów coal mine crisis.
To kickstart the new year, Slovakia and Austria have bid farewell to coal power. Slovakia has expedited its coal exit from 2030 to 2024, while rumours of a return to coal in Austria have failed to materialise, with record additions of solar and wind power easing out coal and helping to ensure security of supply.
The collective commitment announced yesterday by Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Switzerland to decarbonise their electricity systems by 2035 marks a momentous stride.