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Italy could abandon coal by 2024
Italy could shut down its coal-fired power stations in 2024, a year earlier than planned, if gas prices remain at current low levels, Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Monday.
read more... 06/06/2023
Mannheim coal plant (425 MW) confirms market exit on 5 June
German power plant operator GKM will end market operation of its coal-fired unit 7 (425 MW) in Mannheim on 5 June, the company confirmed on Monday.
read more... 09/05/2023
G7 to step up moves to renewables, zero carbon
Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations vowed yesterday to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants as they wrapped up two days of talks in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
read more... 17/04/2023
Germany plans to put idled coal plants on standby in case of gas supply disruption
Germany is planning to use coal-fired power stations which would have been idled this year and next as reserve facilities in case of disruption to gas supplies from Russia, economy ministry sources said on Tuesday.
read more... 25/05/2022
France fires up coal power in policy reversal over feared nuclear shortfall
France is to allow its last two operational coal-fired power plants to produce excessive emissions this winter to stave off the threat of electricity shortages resulting from the closure of some nuclear plants.
read more... 12/01/2022