Inaugurated in April 2022, the 204MW Kozani solar park, built adjacent to several lignite mines, is the largest utility-scale solar farm in southeastern Europe. The first of a planned 3GW of solar power to be built in the country’s lignite regions, it represents just the beginning of Greece’s ongoing massive expansion of solar generation capacity.
People in Sivas, Eastern Turkey have been breathing the poison of the local Kangal coal-fired power plant for three decades now.
Since Russia’s late February invasion of Ukraine, though much of the world’s attention has been gripped by the bravery of its defenders and the suffering of its civilians, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has also released two sweeping assessments thoroughly detailing the perilous state of our planet’s health.
The Polish government wants to launch a massive rescue mission for the country’s loss-making hard coal mining, with the hope […]
The Glasgow climate negotiations closed with a first ever inclusion of coal and fossil fuels in the Glasgow climate pact. […]
It has been five years since the UN Paris Climate Agreement, and in that short time, half of Europe’s coal plants have closed, or have announced pre-2030 closure plans. 2030 is now the key date for coal in Europe and the OECD, as it’s the latest possible moment these countries can close their coal plants and still meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had great impacts on all aspects of society, in the energy industry, the economic shutdown has led to reductions in CO2 emissions.
Czech-based energy investor EPH, announced its intent to acquire the remaining shares of a 900 MW coal power plant in the German city of Schkopau.
Turkey needs to decide between a just coal transition keep its coal plants on life support; wasting money and forcing more communities out of their homes.