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Ireland: Last coal-fired power plant shut down.
Ireland shut down its last coal power plant earlier than planned. In the coming months, additional European countries may follow suit.
By Lisa Kuner
Ireland shut down its last coal power plant earlier than planned. In the coming months, additional European countries may follow suit.
By Lisa Kuner
In Poland, the proportion of electricity generated from coal has fallen below 50 percent for the first time. This is partly due to the strong expansion of solar energy.
By Lisa Kuner
US President Donald Trump wants the EU to buy more gas, oil and coal. However, the price of gas could at least rise in the short term as a result of the tariff policy. In addition, emissaries from Brussels have so far met with little real interest in Washington.
By Manuel Berkel
Four years before the legal date for phasing out coal, Finland will no longer use the fossil fuel to generate electricity and heat this spring. The supply is secured even in extremely cold winters.
By Manuel Berkel
Global carbon emissions can be traced back to a handful of oil, gas, coal and cement companies. State-owned enterprises such as Saudi Aramco or Coal India contribute more CO2 emissions than their privately-owned competitors.
By Nico Beckert
China continues to accelerate the expansion of nuclear energy. The State Council has now approved the construction of eleven new nuclear reactors, the highest number since 2019.
By Nico Beckert
Institutional investors from the USA account for 65 percent of investments in companies engaged in fossil energy operations. Deutsche Bank and Allianz are leading among German institutional investors.
By Alex Veit
Several laws on industrial and climate policy were finally adopted by the Member States on Tuesday: the Net-Zero Industry Act, the Methane Regulation and the Ecodesign Regulation.
By Manuel Berkel
Energy security and climate policy will be important issues at the upcoming National People's Congress. After years of a coal boom, the pendulum could now swing back toward climate action.
By Christiane Kuehl
In the first nine months of 2023, there was hardly any new construction of coal-fired power plants worldwide – except in China, where the construction boom that began in 2022 continued.
By Nico Beckert