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IEEFA Germany: Czech Company That Got a Vattenfall Giveaway Wants More
… less than a song—highly polluting lignite assets from Vattenfall, the Swedish state-owned utility, but is now …
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IEEFA Europe: Behind Vattenfall’s Sell-Off of German Lignite Assets, a Subsidy …
Analysis
IEEFA Europe: Blueprint for a Lignite Phase-Out in Germany
… The recent “sale” by the Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall of its German lignite assets throws a harsh light …
Analysis
IEEFA Germany: RWE’s coal phaseout compensation demands defy market prices
If market price is the benchmark for compensating the early closure of coal assets, then recent deals indicate that Germany’s coal and lignite power plants and mines have very low value, and make a mockery of compensation claims by Germany’s…
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December freeze further highlights the myth of fossil fuel reliability
March 9, 2023 (IEEFA)—An Arctic blast that hit the central and eastern United States in late December once again highlighted that coal- and gas-fired electric generators are not nearly as reliable as their proponents claim. A report by the…
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In Coal Giveaway to Czech Energy Group, a Public-Relations Problem for a Swedish Utility
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IEEFA Germany: Climate Policy Probably Spells the End of Lignite
Coal is the highest carbon-emitting source of electricity, and lignite the highest carbon-emitting form of coal. Lignite is therefore front and center among risks facing investors from global efforts to slow climate change.
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IEEFA Europe: Seeds of an Industrial Alternative to Germany’s Regional Lignite Economies
In the same week that Germany’s economy minister, Sigmar Gabriel, ruled out a coal phase-out timeline until alternatives opportunities are in place for affected communities, Daimler broke ground on a major new electric vehicle battery factory…
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A foundation-based framework for phasing out German lignite in Lausitz
… The recent “sale” by the Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall of its German lignite assets throws a harsh light …
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IEEFA Report Outlines ‘Foundation-Based Framework’ for Phasing Out Germany’s Lausitz-Area Lignite Industry
LONDON, Sept.
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