EU ministers back right to support coal-fired power plants to 2030
December 20, 2017
By Paul Homewood
News from Platts:
EU coal-fired power plants could benefit from capacity payments through 2030 if a negotiating position agreed by EU energy ministers on a draft EU electricity market design regulation makes it into the final binding version.
Refine eligibility criteria for capacity schemes
Agree 700 kg CO2 on average per year per kW limit
Next step is to reach accord with EU parliament
The position, agreed at an EU energy council meeting in Brussels, would allow existing power plants with emissions either above 550 g carbon dioxide/kWh or 700 kg CO2 on average per year per installed kW to receive capacity payments through 2030.
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