In Europe, coal’s market share slashed by 48% in five years

But gas and oil gain, as effective green electricity generation will require bigger wind and solar investment.

The Bełchatów Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Poland, the largest thermal power station in Europe. Photo: Roman Ranniew/flickr.

(George Barker is a journalism/CS major at Northeastern University. He’s worked for the Harvard Business Review and as campus and sports editor for The Huntington News.)

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