Ireland commits to a total coal phase out by 2025
March 23, 2018 12:41 pmCoal plant closure momentum is growing in Europe this month, with four German plants retiring or announcing retirement in March, […]
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Fine dust-stricken Stuttgart now with less coal pollution
March 18, 2018 8:31 amAt the end of 2018, a new combined heat and power plant in Gaisburg took the place of the old […]
Coal: not cost-effective
March 16, 2018 10:00 amThe large coal plant of Eggborough in North Yorkshire announced that it would close after an unsuccessful bid in the […]
VW quits coal in Wolfsburg
March 8, 2018 10:03 amIn early 2018, Volkswagen announced it would convert its two coal power plants in Wolfsburg – including Wolfsburg North and […]
Coal: not economic
March 2, 2018 10:18 amThe second coal unit at the Werdohl-Elverlingsen power plant in North-Rhine Westphalia will be retired at the end of March […]
Hard coal unit closes after 53 years in operation
January 27, 2018 12:20 pmThe remaining coal-fired unit of the Duisberg-Hochfeld combined heat and power plant closed in March 2018. Thanks to, among others, […]
Cottbus to close municipal coal plant
January 25, 2018 12:25 pmThe public utility and city of Cottbus announced that its lignite plant would close by 2022, to be replaced by […]
Polluter closes; solar steps in
January 1, 2018 12:29 pmAn EU regulation dictated the closure of Adamów lignite plant in Poland at the end of 2017, bringing a breath […]
Tallest smokestack quits dirty habit
January 1, 2018 8:50 amKnown for having the tallest flue-gas stack in Europe, Trbovlje Power Station in the Sava valley originally had four coal-fired […]