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Longyearbyen will shut down its coal-fired power plant

It's not yet clear what will replace it, but Norway's government assures it will be a more climate friendly solution.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer January 14, 2021
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The Longyearbyen Heat and Power Plant in Svalbard — the only energy producer in Norway running on coal — is set to close. Together with the coal power plant in the Russian settlement Barentsburg (also on Svalbard), it is also the world’s northernmost.

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