Climate Changed
Poland Forges Ahead With German-Style Plan For Coal Spinoff
- Plan would remove coal-fired plants from biggest utilities
- State-owned firms could then obtain finance for cleaner energy
The Turow coal powered power plant, operated by PGE SA, at night in Bogatynia, Poland.
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Poland is moving ahead with a plan to restructure its power industry that would carve out coal-fired plants from the country’s biggest utilities, a major step to wean one of the European Union’s biggest polluters off its reliance on carbon.