1st German hard coal auction results in 3 additional closures
January 15, 2021 12:45 pmAll plants that won the first hard coal tender have been mothballed since 1 January, and will retire for good by 8 July.
Tag Archive: Germany
1st of 8 German ‘lignite reserve’ plants retires
October 1, 2020 2:05 pmEPH Buschhaus lignite plant has retired today after being paid to sit idle for 4 years.
Kayak protest highlights Turów coal mine violations
August 30, 2020 12:00 pmTurów, 30 August 2020 - Local citizens and people from across Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic are kayaking to the Turów mine today, in protest of the failure of their governments and EU institutions to uphold laws protecting them and their water from the mining and burning of coal.
Germany’s last new coal project is cancelled
July 3, 2020 4:00 pmThe adoption of the coal phase-out law does not allow new coal plants to be built. Germany's last new coal project at Stade by Dow Chemical is cancelled.
Germany has adopted its coal exit law.
July 3, 2020 3:06 pmWith this we estimate an approximate additional 41 coal plants totalling 23 GW will close by 2030 and 15 plants totalling almost 19 GW are still meant to operate after 2030 and close by 2038 (with an option to close by 2035). This makes the German coal exit incompatible with the UN Paris climate agreement, whilst providing massive overcompensation to the coal industry for closing uneconomic plants very late.
New web tools highlight companies slowing climate progress
June 25, 2020 8:23 amA new set of digital tools were launched to highlight coal utilities and financial institutions that continue to hold back progress.
Bremen’s coal closure but replacing one fossil fuel with another
May 19, 2020 11:55 amEnergy company says it will close its coal power plant in Bremen & replace it with a gas-drive power plant built by Uniper and Wärtsilä Corporation.
German government commission proposes coal phase-out by 2038
February 1, 2019 5:05 pmGermany will not meet its 2020 climate target. Government commission presents final report, which recommends a phase-out of coal by 2038.
Sacrificing culture and communities for coal
February 5, 2018 1:21 pmThe Immerather Dom has become a symbol of the lost heritage and community destruction becasuee of the expansion of Germany’s vast Rhineland coal mines.