Sunday, September 23, 2012

Europe Set for a Coal Power Boom

Europe Set for a Coal Power Boom

Despite the fact that the EU will stop giving out free carbon permits soon, coal power is set to boom as other factors make it the most profitable source of energy in Europe.European utilities such as EON AG and RWE AG are set to open six times as many coal-burning power plants than gas-burning plants by 2015. Goldman Sachs Group suggests that this is because profits from collar-fired power stations are set to more than double by that date.Laurent Segalen, a director at ECMF (the European Carbon Macro Fund), said that “the economics for coal…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Europe-Set-for-a-Coal-Power-Boom.html

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