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Tag Archive: Spain
Closure of Spain’s biggest coal plant makes way for massive wind power development
August 22, 2023 1:40 pmSpain is hastening towards a coal-free power sector, with the government accepting energy company Endesa’s request to close its 1,468 MW As Pontes coal plant by August 2024. It will be replaced by a portfolio of renewable energy projects across Galicia, including 1 GW of wind power capacity, which the company says will directly create 1,300 jobs in the region.
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November 15, 2021 11:36 amThe end of Spain’s coal industry presents communities on the front line with numerous challenges and opportunities.
Spain’s Los Barrios to close, as Turkey’s new coal pipeline quietly evaporates
August 3, 2021 2:06 pmSpain’s Los Barrios coal plant to close and six Turkish coal plant projects cancelled
Spain and North Macedonia commit to exit coal by 2030
June 30, 2021 5:02 pmSpain and North Macedonia joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) at the London Climate Action Week today, bringing the number of European countries that have committed to phase out coal by 2030, or are already coal free, to sixteen. North Macedonia will close its two coal plants by 2027, while Spain has opted for an unambitious 2030 end date for coal, despite closing all of its coal mines and more than half of its installed coal capacity since 2019.
Saying adiós to coal
December 10, 2020 11:03 amSpain has experienced a massive decline over the last year and a half, a large majority of coal mines closed by the end of 2018, more than half of installed coal capacity closed at the end of June 2020, and it is expected that the last coal power plant will shut no later than 2025.
Europe to be swept by a wave of coal plant closures as EU pollution standards kick-in
June 24, 2020 4:21 pmEight 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.
Spain’s coal power sector cut in half as seven coal power plants retire
July 2, 2020 9:40 amA landmark step leads the way to phase-out coal in the Spanish power system.
Enel/Endesa utility briefing
December 4, 2018 11:24 amThe briefing gives an overview of the two utilities’ power mix and existing coal plant fleet; Enel owns a 70.1% majority share in Endesa.