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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.
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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.
Compostilla closure to kick off a wave of Spanish plant retirements
February 21, 2020 12:10 pmSpanish Endesa will close its Compostilla II #coal plant in four months’ time. The request for closure, which shows that stronger […]
Sunshine, soot and coal dust in Mallorca
October 4, 2018 5:40 pmThis is the story of Josep Vich, a local from Alcudia, Spain, where the pollution from power utility Endesa burdens […]