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Shuttering coal plants could save utilities billions | Credit: Duke Energy
New analysis details how plummeting renewables prices, cheap gas and rising compliance costs mean over half of EU coal plants already lose money
The coal sector in Europe is "limping along", surviving on subsidies from governments during the winter months and hoping, seemingly in vain, for a revival in its fortunes. That is the conclusion of...
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