01 October 2022
The Danish government orders Ørsted to continue operating its 407 MW Esbjerg 3 coal unit, which had been scheduled to close in March 2023, and to resume operations at its 380 MW Studstrup 4 coal unit, which closed in 2016. Both are now due to operate until June 2024.
14 May 2024
Turów would avert many disasters by saying goodbye to coal
On 13 March 2024, environmental activists in Poland won a court case against the Turów coal mine. The ruling, handed down by a regional administrative court in Warsaw, invalidated the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) required by PGE, Poland’s largest power producer, to secure its mining licence until 2044.
10 May 2024
Government 2035 Commitment Tracker
The Government 2035 Commitment Tracker monitors commitments made by European governments to a fair and sustainable power system based on renewable energy beyond fossil fuels.
30 April 2024
G7 agrees to phase-out coal but falls short of climate alignment
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.
17 April 2024
District heating uses a network of underground pipes to deliver hot water from a central production plant to homes and businesses for heating.
