Coal phase-out

Thermal Coal
Germany's €2.6 Billion Sale of Steag May Delay Company's Coal Phase-Out
The announced sale of STEAG to a private equity investor puts the German state-owned power utility at risk of reneging on its new sustainability commitments and…
Thermal Coal
Czech Government Plans Coal Phase-Out by 2033 and Oil and Gas by 2050
The plan presents an outlook for the development of the energy sector until 2030. By then, electricity consumption will increase by around one-tenth compared to…
Thermal Coal
Canadian Provinces Announce Collaborative Coal Phase-Out Plans
The Government of Canada has announced nearly CAD20 million (USD15 million) in federal funding to support the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to help…
Thermal Coal
France's Macron Confirms Coal Phase-Out and EV Boost
French president Emmanuel Macron has presented the conclusions of the environmental planning council, confirming a coal phase-out and a boost to electric vehicl…
Coal Mine
Coal Phase-Out Not Happening Fast Enough to Avoid Rising Global Temperatures
A stockpile of coal maintained by the base power plant at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reference image by The U.S. National Archives, Picryl.)A recent stu…
Energy Technology
Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis as an Alternative to Coal
Coal in the Rhenish region is not only an important fuel for power generation. It is also used by the chemical industry to produce important basic chemicals. Bu…
Carbon Neutral
Asia’s Coal Phase-Out Must Be Gradual, Says Mitsubishi Heavy Head
Asia must phase out coal power gradually while still making use of existing infrastructure to make the shift to a carbon-neutral society less disruptive, Seiji …
Energy Transition
RWE Commits to Early Coal Phase-Out, but at What Cost?
RWE has committed to ending lignite-based electricity generation in 2030, eight years ahead of schedule.
Germany
German Coalition Targets Earlier Coal Exit
Germany hopes to bring forward its coal phase-out by eight years to 2030, boosting renewables' share of the generation mix to 80pc.
Coal Production
China and India Ramp up Coal Production to Counter Energy Supply Crunch
The two nations are doubling down on a slower coal exit. At the COP26 summit, India, backed by China, had intervened at the last minute to change the language o…
Market Analysis
IEA Says Climate Targets will Accelerate Czech Coal Phase-Out
Ensure that lessons are learnt by all relevant stakeholders from recent Gen-III nuclear new build projects in OECD countries to limit the risk of cost overruns …
G20 to Pursue Coal Phase-Out Talks in October
The G20 will discuss a phase out of coal from power generation at the next leaders' summit in October as a small number of countries resist setting a date for c…
Market Analysis
Greece Commits to 2025 Coal Phase-Out
Greece’s Public Power Corp., the country’s biggest energy company, has announced that its coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5 will be converted to gas…
Coal-Fired Power Plants
Enel Accelerates Chilean Coal Phase-out with Early Plant Closure
The Enel Group, through its subsidiary Enel Generación Chile, has disconnected and ceased operations at Unit I of Bocamina coal-fired power plant, which is loc…
Coal Production
Poland's Coal Phase-Out 'Feasible' By 2035
Poland's coal phaseout should take place by 2035 if the government does not interfere.

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Coal phase-out

Germany's €2.6 Billion Sale of Steag May Delay Company's Coal Phase-Out

Czech Government Plans Coal Phase-Out by 2033 and Oil and Gas by 2050

Canadian Provinces Announce Collaborative Coal Phase-Out Plans

France's Macron Confirms Coal Phase-Out and EV Boost

Coal Phase-Out Not Happening Fast Enough to Avoid Rising Global Temperatures

Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis as an Alternative to Coal

Asia’s Coal Phase-Out Must Be Gradual, Says Mitsubishi Heavy Head

RWE Commits to Early Coal Phase-Out, but at What Cost?

German Coalition Targets Earlier Coal Exit

China and India Ramp up Coal Production to Counter Energy Supply Crunch

IEA Says Climate Targets will Accelerate Czech Coal Phase-Out

G20 to Pursue Coal Phase-Out Talks in October

Greece Commits to 2025 Coal Phase-Out

Enel Accelerates Chilean Coal Phase-out with Early Plant Closure

Poland's Coal Phase-Out 'Feasible' By 2035