Portugal shuts down the last of its coal power plants

Portugal shuts down the last of its coal power plants

Portugal shuts down the last of its coal power plants — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) Portugal shut down its last operating coal power plant this weekend, becoming only the fourth EU country to stop using coal as part of its power generation mix.

Portugal’s move came nine years earlier than its original pledge to stop using the most polluting fossil fuel. Lisbon previously announced it would end coal power production by 2030 at the latest. Portugal thus followed in the footsteps of Belgium, Austria and Sweden, all of which have stopped using coal.

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