For the hundreds of coal-fired power stations in Europe, the question is currently whether they will have to shut down in the transition to a sustainable energy system or whether a sustainable restart ...

A new report says China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the ...

Atlanta’s NPR station. Three years ago, one of the country’s largest electric utilities, Southern Company, made a splash when it announced it would retire most of its coal-fired power plants ...

Germany may need to keep its fleet of mothballed coal-fired stations available for longer ... economy shut its last nuclear plant in 2023, its power generation margin has shrunk.

In 2023, it requested authorization from Spain’s electricity system operator to close its remaining coal-fired power plants in the country. It’s converting the Abono II plant to run on gas. The firm ...