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Vattenfall looks to gas and biomass as end of coal power looms
Vattenfall is considering converting its German coal-fired power stations to use fuels including gas or biomass as utility companies in the country brace for a government deadline for phasing out coal altogether.
read more... 29/10/2018
Turkey launches two new 17 MW biomass plants
Two new biomass power plants with an overall capacity of 17.2 megawatts (MW) started operating in Turkey's Aegean city of Aydin and in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa.
read more... 06/02/2018
UK leads as Europe’s clean energy surpasses coal
Wind, solar and biomass production in Europe exceeded coal for the first time in 2017, with much of this progress being possible due to UK, according to a new report from the Sandbag and Agora Energiewende think tanks.
read more... 01/02/2018
German RWE restructures its gas, coal production business
German firm RWE AG has reorganized its gas, hard coal, hydroelectric power and biomass generation businesses to merge within its subsidiary RWE Generation.
read more... 04/01/2018
Danish state aid for coal to biomass plant approved by EU
The European Commission has consented Danish state aid estimated at DKK57 million (£6.74m) to transform a cogeneration plant from coal to biomass.
read more... 22/06/2017