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UK’s Kingsnorth coal power plant closed today
The Kingsnorth coal plant in Kent has closed today, E.ON’s plant has stopped working already in December, but today it has officially closed. After forty years of producing electricity, the 2,000MW plant, has begun a two year decommissioning process which could lead to demolition.
read more... 29/03/2013
Scotland: Cockenzie coal plant closes
ScottishPower has closed the 45 year old coal-fired power station at Cockenzie in Scotland, as it wants to convert the plant to burn gas, rather than coal. It was the largest power station in Scotland and powered about 1 million households every year generating more than 150 TWh of electricity.
read more... 19/03/2013
Europe’s dirty secret: it consumes more coal
Europe’s consumption of coal increased last year after a long decline, due to a surge of cheap American coal on global markets.
read more... 08/02/2013
GDF Suez submits an offer to build a 1.32 GW coal plant in Turkey
The consortium called Ada Enerji, led by French energy group GDF Suez and consisting of International Power and Mimag Enerji, has applied to Turkish energy regulator EPDK for a license to build a coal-fired power plant with capacity of 1,320 MW at the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.
read more... 29/01/2013
EURACOAL appoints new President and Vice Presidents
The European Association for Coal and Lignite (EURACOAL), which is the umbrella organization of the European coal industry, has appointed Mr. Pawel Smolen as its new President.
read more... 22/01/2013