Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

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By Adam Vaughan

Electricity generation from coal power stations at some stage in Europe fell by nearly a pair of fifth over the first half of this yr, the steepest decline ever recorded.

The surprising fall, pushed by buoyant carbon costs and unique installations of wind and photograph voltaic farms, has led campaigners to claim 2019 could presumably presumably mark the beginning of the pause for coal in Europe. Around half of the coal used to get replaced by gasoline vegetation and the rest by renewables, in accordance with an prognosis by the London and Brussels-basically based mostly mostly thinktank Sandbag.

The dramatic switch away …