Energy_Transition

'Shut by 2022': Covid the final blow to Iberian coal as peninsula embraces green future

The pandemic sped the decline of the dirtiest fuel leaving a generation gap that Spain and Portugal can fill with wind, solar and hydrogen, writes Andreas Walstad

Spanish coal miners have over the last decade marched to support their industry.
Spanish coal miners have over the last decade marched to support their industry.Foto: DANI POZO/AFP via Getty Images/NTB scanpix
  • Andreas Walstad
Published 16 December 2020, 11:04Updated 10 February 2021, 08:11
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