Power utility Helen is decommissioning its 177 MW Salmisaari coal plant today, bringing Finland to the brink of a full coal phase-out four years ahead of schedule.
Power utility Helen is decommissioning its 177 MW Salmisaari coal plant today, bringing Finland to the brink of a full coal phase-out four years ahead of schedule.
The UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, closed today, making the UK coal-free. In 2015, the UK became the first country in the world to announce a coal phase-out.
Finnish energy company Fortum/Uniper confirmed that it doesn't intend to align its business with the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement,
Helsinki, 26 March 2019 - Finland’s state-owned Fortum is now responsible for hundreds of premature deaths and other potent health impacts from coal across Europe, thanks to its increasing investments in German energy company Uniper, according to new modelling from Europe Beyond Coal and Greenpeace Nordic.
Lahti, Finland’s leading environmental city, is implementing the Finnish Government’s program. The closure of the coal plant in Kymijärvi is […]
In a landmark moment in Europe’s coal phase-out, the Finnish parliament has voted to ban the use of coal for […]
Like the Kristiina plant, the 1970s-era Tahkoluoto coal power station at Pori was retired from Finland’s reserve in 2017, having […]
Production ceased in 2015 at the Kristiina oil and coal-fired power plant at Österbotten, Finland, as it was no longer […]