{"id":9500,"date":"2023-01-23T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euracoal.eu\/?p=9500"},"modified":"2023-01-23T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:28:02","slug":"to-phase-out-coal-roll-out-renewables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pipe.euracoal.biz\/?p=9500","title":{"rendered":"To phase out coal, roll out renewables!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EURACOAL Senior VP, Vladim\u00edr Budinsk\u00fd, in conversation with MEP Ond\u0159ej Knotek and MEP Radan Kanev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, 23 January 2023, EURACOAL organised an energy lunch in Brussels. Outgoing EURACOAL President, Ing. Vladim\u00edr Budinsk\u00fd, welcomed invited guests to hear presentations from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and RWE.<\/p>\n

Members of the European Parliament, colleagues from industry, the media and the European Commission discussed with EURACOAL members the current energy crisis. Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Alvarez presented the IEA\u2019s coal market outlook to 2025, as well as the agency\u2019s views on coal in net-zero transitions.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Alvarez of the International Energy Agency notes down questions posed by MEP Ond\u0159ej Knotek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roger Miesen, CEO of RWE Generation and representing EURACOAL member DEBRIV, presented a European perspective on energy security. He warned that the phase out of coal needed to be accompanied by the rollout of renewables, otherwise the transition to net zero might not happen. From Bulgaria, MEP Radan Kanev observed that with Russian gas gone, \u201cthe transitional fuel is the traditional fuel\u201d, namely coal \u2013 a point headlined by Euractiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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At lunch on the 26th<\/sup> floor of The Hotel, the newly elected EURACOAL President, Dr. Tomasz Rogala, personally thanked guests and discussed the many challenges of the energy transition such as access to sufficient raw materials. Dr. Rogala is Chairman of Polska Grupa G\u00f3rnicza (Polish Mining Group), Europe\u2019s largest hard coal mining company.<\/p>\n

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Left to right: MEP Knotek, EURACOAL Senior VP Budinsk\u00fd, EURACOAL President Rogala, EURACOAL VP Kulik and MEP Kanev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Presentations from the event can be downloaded here:<\/p>\n