Tag: coalfired
Britain’s last coal-fired power station to cease operation | News in brief
Britain, the birthplace of coal power, intends to produce all its energy from renewable sources from 2030 at the latest. Britain’s last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Shoar, will be shut down…
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant to close | News in brief
Britain’s last coal-fired power station will close today in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, England. At the same time, Britain will become the first leading G7 industrial country to completely transition away from coal…
UK turns the page on coal-fired power stations with the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar
This Monday, September 30, the last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom closes its doors, the country thus becoming the first in the G7 to give up coal, in…
In the midst of energy transformation, Germany will close coal-fired power plants
The end of Russian gas deliveries after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine caused a radical upheaval in the German energy model, while the country was in the past very dependent on…
“There is a decrease in coal-fired power plant projects in all regions of Africa”
Last March, the UN Secretary General renewed the call for an immediate halt to new coal-fired power plant projects and the dismantling of existing ones by 2030 in developed countries,…
China is accelerating on coal-fired power plants, says Greenpeace
China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases responsible for rising temperatures. And yet, the country is about to double its coal-fired power generation capacity. Environmental organisations, including Greenpeace,…
Energy transition: the end of coal-fired power plants slowed down by China
China is moving against the tide. While the number of new coal-fired power plants is slowing down on the planet, the Middle Kingdom continues to massively build new electricity production…
Faced with rising energy demand, France is restarting the Saint-Avold coal-fired power plant
The Saint-Avold coal-fired power plant in eastern France was restarted on Monday 28 November. Objective: to meet the demand for energy which increases with the onset of cold weather. President…
Fortum’s ambitious plans for Uniper’s climate turnaround are going wrong – EPN went around to see what’s happening in giant coal-fired power plants
Germany replaces Russian gas with, for example, Colombian and South African coal. Uniper is already one of the most polluting companies in Germany. toured the Ruhr region to see what…
France is preparing to restart a coal-fired power plant in Lorraine this winter
The French government is preparing to restart the coal-fired power plant in Saint-Avold (Moselle), the Ministry of Energy Transition announced on Sunday June 26. The measure is ” as a…