How Helsinki ditched coal in just 2 years

Get the Full StoryIn 2022, 64 of Helsinki s energy for heating still came from coal. Now, after closing its last coal plant, that s dropped to zero.

A few years ago, if you turned on the heat in an apartment in Helsinki, the energy typically came from coal. But the city s power company shut down one coal plant in 2023, and the remaining one closed this week four years earlier than a target set by the national government.

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