Austria, an Alpine nation with no significant fossil fuel reserves of its own, still has more than a dozen power plants burning gas and oil.
read more... 16/06/2020
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
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
Austria’s OMV is in talks to buy a $4.68 billion stake in Borealis in a potentially record-breaking acquisition that would shift the state-controlled energy company’s focus to petrochemicals.
read more... 09/03/2020
EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG, one of Germany’s Big Four utilities, is close to selling its 29% stake in Austrian peer EVN AG to the utility owned by the city of Vienna, according to people familiar with the process.
read more... 05/03/2020