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Germany postpones decision on coal exit until February
Germany has postponed until February a decision on how fast Europe’s largest economy should phase out brown-coal-fired power plants and whether the government should compensate utilities as well as regions that could face job losses, a commission said.
read more... 27/11/2018
Vattenfall looks to gas and biomass as end of coal power looms
Vattenfall is considering converting its German coal-fired power stations to use fuels including gas or biomass as utility companies in the country brace for a government deadline for phasing out coal altogether.
read more... 29/10/2018
GE plans to build Poland's most efficient coal plant
GE Power and Elektrownia Ostroleka signed a contract to build Ostroleka C, an ultra-supercritical (USC) coal-fired thermal power plant in the northeast of Poland, GE announced on Thursday.
read more... 16/07/2018
GE to construct 1GW Ostroleka C ultra-supercritical coal power plant in Poland
Under the terms of engineering procurement and commissioning (EPC) accord, GE-controlled group will build the Ostroleka C ultra-supercritical (USC) coal-fired power plant for Polish state-run utilities Energa and Enea.
read more... 06/04/2018
Eggborough Power to shut down 2GW coal-fired power plant in Yorkshire
Eggborough Power intends to phase out its 2GW Eggborough coal-fired power plant in North Yorkshire, England at the end of September 2018 after it failed to secure a contract to supply back-up electricity generating capacity for 2018/2019.
read more... 06/02/2018