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Uniper to shut down German hard-coal power plants by 2025
Uniper aims to close most of its German hard coal-fired power plants over the next five years, accounting for half its European coal capacity, the utility said on Thursday.
read more... 31/01/2020
German officials agree on plan to exit coal-fired power
German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation's coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s, the government said Thursday.
read more... 16/01/2020
France to close Havre coal power plant in April 2021
France’s 580 megawatt (MW) Havre coal power plant will close on April 1, 2021, the energy ministry said on Friday.
read more... 14/01/2020
Global coal demand set to remain stable through 2023, despite headwinds
While global coal demand looks set to rise for the second year in a row in 2018, it is forecast to remain stable over the next five years, as declines in Europe and North America are offset by strong growth in India and Southeast Asia, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest coal market report, Coal 2018.
read more... 18/12/2019
European coal power output sees ‘unprecedented’ decline
Steam rises from the brown coal-fired power plant Neurath (front-C) and Niederaussem (rear-L) operated by RWE in Bergheim, 04 December 2018. The Rhenish Brown Coal Field is Europe's largest carbon dioxide source.
read more... 26/11/2019