Germany hopes to bring forward its coal phase-out by eight years to 2030, boosting renewables' share of the generation mix to 80pc, the incoming government announced today.
read more... 25/11/2021
Germany aims to have at least 15 million electric cars on the roads by 2030 in its shift towards climate neutrality, up from a previous goal of 14 million, according to the coalition agreement of the incoming government published on Wednesday.
read more... 25/11/2021
Environmental activists are welcoming the end of electricity generation from coal in Portugal, though they said Monday the possible conversion of the country's last coal-fired power plant into one that burns wood pellets would be a step in the wrong direction.
read more... 23/11/2021
The scramble over the role of gas and nuclear in the EU’s sustainable finance rules has become a source of tension in the German government talks as the country’s first ever three-party coalition is being negotiated in Berlin.
read more... 22/11/2021
China's daily coal output hit 11.67 million tonnes on November 2, rising around one million tonnes from early October, close to a record high this year amid a raft of measures to ramp up production, according to the country's state planner.
read more... 04/11/2021