Uniper will decommission German hard coal plants at Scholven, Wilhemshaven and Buer by end-2022, and at Staudinger and Heyden by end-2025 at the latest, the German company said in a note on EEX Transparency Thursday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The statement, involving around 2.9 GW of existing capacity, comes after the German government approved a draft coal exit law Wednesday. Uniper said it intended to decommission units at Scholven B and C (690 MW in all), the associated Buer district heat plant (70 MW electric) and the Wilhemshaven power station (777 MW) by end-2022, “provided the proposed legislation will be implemented.” It also intended to close hard coal power plants at Staudinger (510 MW) and Heyden (875 MW) “at the latest 31.12.2025,” […]