Hungary brings coal phase-out forward by 5 years
March 3, 2021 5:55 pmHungary is the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phase out plan, announcing that it will shut its last coal plant in 2025.
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Germany’s infamous Datteln IV coal plant hangs by a thread
August 26, 2021 6:01 pmThe future of Germany’s controversial Datteln IV coal plant hangs in the balance after a German higher court today ruled […]
2 CHPs switch fuel & last new coal project cancelled in CZ
February 18, 2021 2:39 pmTwo days ago, Czech energy company C-Energy announced to convert its Plana coal-fired CHP plant to biomass. Veolia Czech Republic […]
Kahramanmaraş Anadolu power station in Turkey cancelled
February 17, 2021 6:23 pmToday, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process of the project was terminated by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and […]
End of coal in La Reunion
January 25, 2021 3:22 pmAlbioma’s Bois-Rouge plant stopped burning coal as of this year.
Slovenia now discussing coal phase-out
January 25, 2021 3:18 pmA coal phase-out strategy was published at the end of 2020 but Slovenia is only looking at scenarios incompatible with the Paris Agreement.
1st German hard coal auction results in 3 additional closures
January 15, 2021 12:45 pmAll plants that won the first hard coal tender have been mothballed since 1 January, and will retire for good by 8 July.
1st of the 2 Portuguese plants retires, Portugal to be coal free by year’s end
January 14, 2021 5:11 pmThe 1296 MW Sines coal plant in Portugal will be shut at midnight tonight, almost nine years earlier than first planned.
Romania Rovinari 7 new coal project finally cancelled
November 16, 2020 3:29 pmRomania's energy minister has confirmed to that no new coal power plant will be built.