Solving the coal puzzle

by | December 18, 2019 | Coal, Europe | 0 Comments

Lessons from four years of coal phase-out policy in Europe

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Playing With Fire

by | December 15, 2019 | Coal, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

An assessment of company plans to burn biomass in EU coal power stations

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The A-B-C of BCAs

by | December 3, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

An overview of the issues around introducing Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU

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Coal mine methane leaks are worse for climate change than all shipping and aviation

by | November 13, 2019 | Coal | 0 Comments

New IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal mine methane leaks add up to a third to emissions from coal

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Coal Free Kingdom

by | November 13, 2019 | Coal, UK | 0 Comments

UK election manifestos should commit to take the UK fully coal-free, including in industry, finance, and domestic heating – ready for next year’s COP26 in Glasgow

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The cash cow has stopped giving: Are Germany’s lignite plants now worthless?

by | July 31, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS | 0 Comments

Our new research finds German lignite gross profits collapsed 54% so far in 2019. With lignite now loss-making, the case for Gov. compensation has collapsed

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UK Capacity Mechanism

UK Capacity Mechanism
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First signs that payments to old coal will undermine climate goals:

Early evidence shows that DECC’s clumsy Capacity Market will actively subsidise 45-year old coal power stations to stay open that would otherwise have shut, and will consequently crowd out opportunities for new gas power stations to be built and discourage new demand-side response. Keeping additional coal open towards 2030 will put the UK’s legally-binding climate goals under threat. In addition, the auction’s perverse design could result in a windfall to the French nuclear company EDF of up to £2.6 billion.

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October 2, 2014