In Europe, most countries will close their power plants between 2024 and 2030. Portugal and Belgium have already done so. In France, the last two plants (Cordemais, Loire-Atlantique and Émile-Huchet, Moselle) have a permit to operate until December 31, 2024. Romania is counting on 2032 and Poland on 2049, unless there is a more ambitious project from the new government.

The United States has pledged, without giving a date, not to build any new coal-fired power plants and to phase out existing ones. The country could be coal-free by 2035. Several Latin American countries have pledged to phase out coal by 2040, including recently Colombia, the world’s sixth-largest exporter. The driving force behind this transition is Brazil, which uses only 2.41T3T of coal in its energy mix, but will subsidize its power plants until 2040. (MARCO CASARETO, more at geo.fr)