Mothballed pending closure
February 20, 2017 2:47 pmProduction ceased in 2015 at the Kristiina oil and coal-fired power plant at Österbotten, Finland, as it was no longer […]
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Coal’s days are numbered at Esbjerg
February 2, 2017 3:06 pmEsbjerg CHP plant in west Denmark will be the last Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) power plant to quit coal. The […]
Asnaes converting in 2019
February 2, 2017 9:54 amAs part of its plan to quit coal by 2023, Ørsted energy is converting Asnæs CHP plant from coal to […]
Avedore: coal free since 2016
December 12, 2016 9:58 amAvedore power station, south of Copenhagen, quit coal in 2016, one of several plants affected by Danish utility Ørsted’s switch […]
Shift to biomass at Østkraft
November 30, 2016 10:02 amThe coal-fired boiler at Danish power plant Østkraft was converted to combust biomass instead of coal in late 2016. Østkraft […]
Ørsted’s name-change (was DONG) heralded shift to green
October 10, 2016 10:05 amThe Studstrup CHP plant in Aarhus stopped using coal in October 2016, and converted to consume wood pellets as fuel. […]
Lahti coal plant closing in 2019
August 16, 2016 10:13 amOwner Lahti Energia announced in 2016 that by 2019 it would close Kymijarvi I, the original coal and gas plant […]
Massive polluter now offline; soon to close
July 31, 2016 10:15 amUnder a federal government decision to reduce climate impacts it was decided that several lignite units in Germany had to […]
Public pressure forces exit from coal
June 6, 2016 7:19 amStrong public opposition has driven Italy’s exit from coal: in 2014, a judge ordered Tirreno Power to shut 2 coal […]