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India abandons 14GW of coal as solar price drops
India has annulled plans to install approximately 14GW of coal generation as solar prices drop.
read more... 31/05/2017
Poland: Enea will spend around 500 mln zlotys to meet EU coal plant rules
Poland's state-run utility Enea will have to spend around 500 million zlotys ($134.22 million) to make most of its electricity stations compliant with the European Union's latest air quality requirements, as stated by Enea's chief executive on Thursday.
read more... 26/05/2017
EFT in search of associates in Bosnian 300 MW coal power plant
UK-based but Serbian-operated Energy Financing Team (EFT) declared on Monday it was seeking a strategic associate in its 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant and mine in Bosnia, the first privately-financed energy project in the Balkans.
read more... 23/05/2017
Large coal power plants threatened by EU pollutant limits
Severer European Union pollutant restrictions might lead to costly modernizations or the shutdown of one third of Europe's large-scale coal power plant capacity, as indicated in a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) on Monday.
read more... 08/05/2017
Electricity market liberalization in Greece continues with the sale of coal-fired plants and coal mines
The energy ministry of Greece announced on Tuesday about the plans to sell by June 2018 some coal-fired plants and coal mines corresponding to 40% coal-fired capacity of the state-owned dominant power utility Public Power Corp (PPC), in order to open up the electricity market. Energy ministry will hold a market test to identify potential investors by November 2017.
read more... 03/05/2017