Britain fires up coal power plant to meet electricity demand

National Grid ESO has asked EDF to fire up two units at its West Burton A power station in Nottinghamshire

Retired coal-fired plant in New Mexico to be reignited with hydrogen

The upcycling of the retired generation station is expected to help achieve net zero emissions dispatchable power and the ability to supply commercial-scale clean fresh water, which is produced from the combustion of hydrogen

China’s coal boom ‘outweighs global coal plant retirements’

China commissioned 38.4GW of new coal plants last year while 37.8GW of coal-fired generation retired globally, according to a new report

EDF to bid farewell to last coal plant in September 2022

The shutdown is scheduled two years ahead of the government’s deadline for coal-fired power

Shell, Vattenfall and MHI join forces for major hydrogen project at a former coal plant in Hamburg

A scalable 100MW electrolyser fed by wind and solar power will be built at Moorburg station

Austria moves towards carbon neutrality with shutdown of last coal plant

The move means the country becomes the second European country to totally eliminate coal from electricity production

RWE to shut coal-fired power plant in Wales next year

The Aberthaw B power station, which directly employs around 170 people, will be closed on 31st March 2020

SSE to close its last coal-fired power plant in Cheshire

It is currently consulting with 158 employees at the Fiddler’s Ferry site as well as trade unions

Dutch Government demands early closure of coal power plant to cut emissions

Vattenfall says closing Hemweg-8 four years early will have ‘major consequences’ for its production operation and its employees

Lloyds Banking Group to stop financing new coal plants

It has also committed to power five million homes through supporting renewable projects in the UK by 2020