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CIEP Briefing Paper: Putting Coal to the Test: Is Coal Fired Generation Clean, Competitive and Secure?
December 4, 2007. "King Coal" seems to be making a comeback in the Dutch power generation fuel mix. The current plans to build five additional coal-fired power stations in the Netherlands sparked a debate as to whether this is the right direction for Dutch power companies to be heading. In this CIEP Briefing Paper Stijn van den Heuvel and Jacques J. de Jong assess the role of coal fired power generation in the wider Northwest European context. The three priorities of energy policy - clean, competitive and secure - are taken as a starting point for the analysis. Download paper »