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Europe is getting off coal even faster than expected
Across Europe, countries are making strides toward a fossil-free future. In April, Austria and Sweden closed their last coal plants—the latter nearly two years ahead of schedule—officially eliminating coal from their countries’ energy production.
read more... 11/05/2020
Britain breaks record for coal-free power generation
Britain has gone without coal-fired power generation for its longest stretch since the Industrial Revolution, breaking the existing record of 18 consecutive days this morning.
read more... 29/04/2020
RWE’s Q1 lignite output plunges 36% on poor market condition
Lignite-based power generation at German utility RWE has dwindled 4.9 TWh, or 36%, year on year in 2020’s first quarter, with the firm attributing the fall to low power prices, it said late on Thursday.
read more... 24/04/2020
Austria shuts down last coal-fired power plant
Austria has shut down its last coal-fired power plant as part of a plan to end the use of fossil fuels for energy production by 2030.
read more... 20/04/2020
Global coal production to grow just 0.5% in 2020 – study
Global coal production is set to grow by just 0.5% in this year, as efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have hampered production in China, data and analytics firm GlobalData said on Thursday.
read more... 10/04/2020