Tallest smokestack quits dirty habit
January 1, 2018 8:50 amKnown for having the tallest flue-gas stack in Europe, Trbovlje Power Station in the Sava valley originally had four coal-fired […]
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Berlin ditches coal
October 19, 2017 12:40 pmIn October 2017, the German capital passed a law to become coal-free by 2030. All remaining Berlin coal plants, Moabit, […]
Dutch agreement leads to 5 coal plants closing
June 30, 2017 9:13 amTwo units of Maasvlakte power station closed in June 2017, the result of a 2013 accord between government, business and […]
Shift away from coal at Saarland steel production site
June 15, 2017 9:18 amStrong local opposition scuppered RWE’s proposal in 2006/07 to expand the Ensdorf coal-fired power plant, and it eventually announed to […]
Last Berlin lignite plant closes
May 24, 2017 9:20 amThe CHP plant at Berlin-Klingenberg stopped using coal (lignite) in May 2017 (it continues to operate using gas). In 2009, […]
Slovak plant at Martin to quit coal
April 14, 2017 9:23 amThe state-owned heat and power plant in Martin, Slovakia, which supplies heat and power to the towns of Martin and […]
The ship has sailed for coal in historic port city
March 31, 2017 9:28 amThe coal plant in Genova effectively closed down in January 2018, although Enel has not ruled out re-starting it if […]
Rhineland breathes again
March 31, 2017 9:26 amBuilt in the 1970s and 1980s on the banks of the Rhine, the two coal power plants of the Voerde […]
Stockholm to quit coal by 2022
February 21, 2017 9:31 amThe city of Stockholm announced that it would cease using coal by 2022, as part of efforts to go fossil […]