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News Digest Item
04 Oct 2016

ā€œMore German coal plants face early closures as profits fadeā€

Bloomberg

Hard coal power plant closures in Germany are poised to accelerate because of decreasing profitability, report Weixin Zha und Rachel Morison for Bloomberg. ā€œA quarter of hard coal-fired generation capacity in Europe’s largest economy may shut ahead of schedule if plant operators forgo spending on upgrades to keep ageing stations open, according to Nena AS, an Oslo-based energy consulting firm.ā€ Steag, the nation’s fifth-biggest power producer, is considering shuttering at least five of its 13 German coal stations before plan, Juergen Froehlich, a spokesman for the utility, told Bloomberg.

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