The Alpine country has closed his last coal-fired powered plant. The shutdown of the plant located
in Mellach is part of a plan that aims to close the gas-fired plants by 2030. After that, the naiton
will generate energy from renewable sources.
Austria, an Alpine country with no significant fossil fuel reserves of its own, still has more than a
dozen power plants burning gas and oil.
There are seven more nations to follow Austria in the next coming years, including France,
Sweden, Slovakia, Portugal, the UK, Ireland (2025) and Italy (2025).