November 22, 2021 12:23 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Portugal has become the fourth country in Europe to stop burning coal, with its only remaining coal plant, Pego, closing ten days ahead of schedule. It concludes a whirlwind coal exit, which began when the country signed a declaration to exit coal by 2030 at COP23 in Bonn back in 2017.
January 14, 2021 5:11 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
The 1296 MW Sines coal plant in Portugal will be shut at midnight tonight, almost nine years earlier than first planned.
January 14, 2021 3:21 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
The 1296 MW Sines coal plant in Portugal will be shut at midnight tonight, almost nine years earlier than first planned.
July 14, 2020 4:01 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.
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.
October 26, 2019 4:10 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Two years after the first formal Portuguese announcement to phase out coal before 2030, the re-elected Portuguese Prime Minister António […]