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North Macedonia considers coal phase out between 2025-2040
North Macedonia is planning to end its use of coal for energy production by 2040 at the latest and sees a phase-out by 2025 as the cheapest option in two of three scenarios, environmental groups which helped draw up the strategy said on Monday.
read more... 25/02/2020
US wind additions to peak at 14.6 GW in 2020 - Wood Mackenzie
The US wind industry will witness the addition of a record 14.6 GW of capacity in 2020 as developers are rushing to complete their projects ahead of the planned phase-out of the federal production tax credit (PTC), Wood Mackenzie says.
read more... 13/09/2019
Germany to start closing black coal plants in 2020 - draft law
Germany plans to shut down its first power plants that use black coal in 2020, a draft law seen by Reuters on Thursday showed, as part of a planned phase-out of coal by 2038 expected to cost at least 40 billion euros ($44 billion).
read more... 06/09/2019
Coal generation in Europe down 19% in 2019 as phase-outs take effect
Coal generation in Europe dipped 19% over the first six months of 2019, according to Brussels-based think tank Sandbag.
read more... 13/08/2019
IEA warns of challenges from Swiss nuclear phase-out
Switzerland's phased withdrawal from nuclear power presents challenges for maintaining its electricity security, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in the report “Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Switzerland 2018 Review”.
read more... 10/10/2018