Decision of the Dutch Government: closure of Hemweg-8 power plant by the end of 2019
Today, the Dutch Government announced that Vattenfall’s Hemweg-8 power plant in Amsterdam should stop using coal as a fuel for electricity production by the end of 2019. In part, this will meet the ‘Urgenda target’* of 25% CO2 reduction by 2020. Early closure will have major consequences for Vattenfall’s Dutch production operation and its employees at the Hemweg plant. This amendment of the bill to the prohibition of coal for electricity production means that the Hemweg power plant will have to stop operating without the previously announced transitional period of 5 years.The previous bill