Vattenfall’s Nuon to exit Dutch coal business

摘要

Swedish utility Vattenfall’s Dutch subsidiary Nuon will put itsmodern Hemweg 8 coal-fired plant up for sale if it fails tosecure government compensation for its early closure.The move comes after Nuon lost an auction this week toco-fire around 40pc biomass at the 630MW Amsterdam-basedunit from 2019 amid a long-running debate about coal’sfuture in the Netherlands.