• Policy

        • Mauritius

        • 2021

        PPCA - Mauritius coal phase out

        At COP26, Mauritius pledged to phase out unabated coal in the power sector by 2030.  

        • Policy

        • Peru

        • 2020

        PPCA - Peru coal phase out

        Peru committed to phase out unabated coal in the power sector by 2022 while joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance. 

        • Policy

        • Senegal

        • 2018

        PPCA - Senegal coal phase out

        Senegal joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance during COP24, and pledged to phase out unabated coal by 2040 at the latest. 

        • Policy

        • Austria

        • 2023

        Renewable Heat Act - coal and oil heating systems phase-out

        The Renewable Heat Act sets milestones for the building sector decarbonisation, including a progressive mandatory decommissioning of coal and oil heating systems.This decommissioning is set to start in 2025, and all coal and oil heating systems are to be shut down by 2035.

        • Policy

        • Japan

        • 2024

        Hydrogen for gas and coal plants - Second auction

        Target: 7.24 GW of decarbonized power, including 1 GW for hydrogen/ammonia co-firing and biomass mono-firing. Support lasts 20 years, covering fixed running costs via capacity fees from retail electricity companies.

        April 2025 awards:

        6.345 GW total
        3.153 GW nuclear
        1.73 GW battery storage and PHS
        94.5 MW ammonia co-firing
        1.315 GW gas-fired (to be decarbonized by 2050)

        • Policy

        • Japan

        • 2024

        Hydrogen for gas and coal plants - First auction

        JPY 234 billion/yr (Japanese yen) (USD 1.5 billion/yr) awarded to five coal plants (770 MW of capacity) to cofire ammonia (at 20% volume) and one gas plant (55 MW) to co-fire hydrogen (at 10%). OPEX support granted for 20 years. The auction was open for 12 months April 2023-March 2024. The total capacity awarded was 9.77 GW, which included 5.76 GW of gas generation which is subject to gradual change to cleaner energy sources. The auction targeted 1 GW of generation from ammonia and hydrogen

        • Policy

        • India

        • 2022

        Roadmap for Coal to Hydrogen production

        The Prime Minister of India launched a Coal Gasification Mission, wit the objective to gasify 100 Mt coal by 2030. India wants to exploit its own resources, coal, instead of importing natural gas from other countries, to produce hydrogen which is an important feedstock for industrial processes.

        • Policy

        • Portugal

        • 2017

        COP23 - Portugal's coal phase-out

        As part of its decarbonization strategy, and pledges in Bonn for COP23, Portugal pledges to phase-out coal use in the power sector by 2030 at the latest. The target was achieved in November 2021 by closing the Pego and Sines power plants. 

        • Policy

        • Indonesia

        • 2024

        G20 summit - coal phase out announcement

        President Prabowo Subianto announced a plan to phase out coal-fired and all fossil-fueled power plants within the next 15 years, in 2040.

        • Policy

        • Greece

        • 2019

        NECP - Final retirement of coal-fired power generation plants

        …of the following lignite power generation plants by 2023 (3,912‬ MW in total):Kardia 1&2 in 2019 (550 MW)Amyntaio 1&2 in 2020 (546 MW)Kardia 3&4 in 2021 (560 MW)Agios Dimitrios 1,2,3&4 and Megalopolis 3 in 2022 (1 369 MW)Agios Dimitrios 5, Florina/Meliti, Megalopolis 4 in 2023 (887 MW)The last coal-fired unit, Ptolemaida V, is still under construction and has a capacity of 660 MW. Its phase-out is set for 2025, after which it will be converted to a natural gas plant. 

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