Environmental groups pressed Group of Seven (G7) nations led by Japan and Germany to halt financing coal projects abroad, which provided $42 billion since 2007.
read more... 25/05/2016
Solar and wind power generation in the UK surpassed coal generation during a couple of months.
read more... 19/05/2016
Coal-fired power production in Germany should come to an end "well before 2050", as indicated by a draft environment ministry document seen by Reuters on Tuesday on how Europe's largest economy can attain its climate objectives.
read more... 04/05/2016
Six Polish state-controlled companies have decided to invest $620 million in a newly-established state coal mining conglomerate PGG, as they stated on Tuesday, as part of an effort to save the European Union's biggest coal miner Kompania Weglowa from insolvency.
read more... 27/04/2016
RWE npower will downgrade its operating hours at its 1,600 megawatt Aberthaw coal-fired power plant, the largest in Wales from April 1 next year.
read more... 26/04/2016