The combined hard coal and brown coal share reached a new low in 2025.
Hard coal accounted for 3.7% of EU gross electricity production in 2025 and brown coal for 5.5%, Eurostat reported. Their combined 9.2% share was the lowest in the series.
The total coal share had first fallen below 10% in 2024. This indicator covers electricity generation, rather than coal’s share of all energy consumption including industry or its share of energy imports.
The September AGM update reports 95% completion of pipelaying and backfilling, with first gas from NT-2 targeted for December.
An illustrative mass-balance analysis separates aggregate injection requirements, fixed-cost dilution and verified emissions reductions.
A transparent capacity-factor sensitivity shows why a 33 MW operating milestone cannot establish annual revenue by itself.
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