Energy & Science
Spain Nears Life Without Coal Sooner Than Anyone Thought
Power output at plants burning the dirtiest fossil fuel sank by 70% to its lowest level in four decades.
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From Galicia in the north to Andalucia in the south — Spain’s old coal plants are running out of steam.
The Iberian nation last year cut use of the dirtiest fossil fuel faster than anyone else in western Europe as renewable energy and cleaner natural gas take over. The combustible rock, which has kept the region humming through world wars and economic boom times, is increasingly out of favor with lawmakers and executives under pressure to do more to stop global warming.