Ageing power stations raise stranded asset threat for E.On and RWE

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Study finds energy companies' portfolios among top 20 for inefficient and polluting subcritical coal-fired power stations

The polluting portfolios of energy companies operating in the UK leave them among those most at risk of having power stations left as "stranded assets", researchers say. RWE, E.On, GDF Suez, EDF, and...

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