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Coal industry tries to find equal backing for cleaner coal vs renewables
The World Coal Association (WCA) intends to press governments to offer equal support for technology to make coal-fired power plants less polluting as they do for green energy in approaching U.N. climate meetings in Paris, as stated by its chief executive.
read more... 22/09/2015
Serbia's Nikola Tesla to close 650-MW unit for repairs
Serbia's major coal-fired power plant complex Nikola Tesla (TENT) has closed the 650 megawatt (MW) B1 unit for scheduled two-week repairs, as stated by the company on Friday.
read more... 21/09/2015
RWE to receive the go-ahead from Dutch Court to continue construction of 1.6 GW coal-fired facility in Netherlands
German energy giant RWE has received the green light from a Dutch court to continue the construction of the 1600MW controversial coal-fired power station near Eemshaven Port in Groningen, Netherlands.
read more... 11/09/2015
Dutch electricity plants employ record quantity of coal this year
Dutch electricity plants employed a record quantity of coal in the first five months of 2015, as shown by data released on Thursday, accentuating the difficulty the Netherlands will have in meeting greenhouse gas emission goals.
read more... 28/08/2015
Poland: Enea will stop taking coal from Bogdanka in 2018
Polish third largest electricity company Enea declared it would stop taking coal from its major supplier Bogdanka since it could not reach an agreement on 2016 prices, as stated by Enea on Friday.
read more... 25/08/2015