Replacing coal with renewable generation and flexibility promises European energy independence, Wärtsilä finds
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 22 June 2021 at 9:00 AM EESTModelling by the technology group Wärtsilä has revealed that major system-wide benefits are in reach for European power producers that rapidly replace coal with renewable generation & flexibility: from avoiding fuel & carbon costs - to new clean power export opportunities. Energy system modelling of Germany and Ukraine - two key European countries with vastly different power systems and policies to phase-out coal - shows that the coal capacity gap can be met cost optimally with renewable electricity coupled with