| This report is the 2008 version of the country fact sheets that were first provided in the report “Factors underpinning future action” in Oc...
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| The Netherlands hopes to neutralise additional coal power plants with an ambitious programme for carbon capture and storage. The Dutch even...
| With its untapped coal reserves and landscape of mountains and rivers suited to generating hydropower, Bosnia Herzegovina could become a pow...
| Germany is experiencing a coal renaissance. Partly thanks to the anticipated nuclear phase out, dozens of coal-fired power plants are in the...
| Italy relies heavily on oil and gas for its electricity generation. But recently coal has entered the picture. ‘It is wise and vital for Ita...
| In Belgium, at least one new large coal-fired power plant is being planned. Environmental organisations are opposed, but the government and...
| Turkey is planning at least 8 and maybe even 40 new coal-fired power stations. The government encourages any kind of new power production, w...
| Coal rapidly seems to be losing ground as an energy source for Spain’s electricity supply. The government favours gas-fired power stations.....
| With nearly 80% of its electricity generated by nuclear power, France has little need for coal, at least as far its own national energy need...
| British electricity producers want to replace old coal-fired power stations with new, more efficient ones. Environmental activists want to h...