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===Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions===
 
===Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions===
 
Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions include:<ref>[http://www.edf.org/documents/9584_coal-plants-spreadsheet.xls "Coal Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions since 1994"], Appendix A in ''Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming'',  Environmental Defense Fund, April 2009.</ref>
 
Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions include:<ref>[http://www.edf.org/documents/9584_coal-plants-spreadsheet.xls "Coal Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions since 1994"], Appendix A in ''Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming'',  Environmental Defense Fund, April 2009.</ref>
* [[Sostanj power station]], Slovenia
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* [[Sostanj power station]], Slovenia. There are plans to replace the plant’s existing units 1-4 and possibly 5.<ref name=bw>[http://bankwatch.org/our-work/projects/sostanj-lignite-thermal-power-plant-unit-6-slovenia "Sostanj lignite thermal power plant unit 6, Slovenia,"] Bankwatch, accessed Oct. 2012.</ref>
  
 
==Articles and resources==
 
==Articles and resources==

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The U.S. Geological Survey reports that "coal is produced at two mines near Trbovlje and Velenje and is used for electricity production at the Trbovlje and the Sostanj thermal powerplants. The mine at Trbovlje is scheduled to shut down in 2015."[1]

Coal mining

The USGS estimates that in 2008 Slovenia mined 489,000 tonnes of brown coal and 4.03 million tonnes of lignite, a 24% drop from the previous year.[1]

The 2008 USGS report also stated that:

  • Rudnik Trbovlje-Hrastnik (RTH) operates the Mine Rudnik Trbovlje Hrastnik near Trbovlje, which mined 700,000 tonnes of brown coal;
  • Premogovnik Velenje operates a lignite mine at Velenje, which produced 5 million tonnes.

Power Stations

Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions

Coal-fired power stations financed by international public investment institutions include:[2]

Articles and resources

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Mark Brininstool, "The Mineral Industry of Slovenia", U.S. Geological Survey, October 2009.
  2. "Coal Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions since 1994", Appendix A in Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming, Environmental Defense Fund, April 2009.
  3. "Sostanj lignite thermal power plant unit 6, Slovenia," Bankwatch, accessed Oct. 2012.

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