This Energy Economics study examines whether coordinating coal‑fired power plant retrofits with renewables via a virtual power plant (VPP) increases plant owners’ willingness to transition and improves system outcomes.
9,470 coal-fired power units have been assessed: 14.3% (371.6 GW) are suitable for Coal-to-Nuclear conversion. A new research article by our academic partners at Xiamen University is now available: “Uncovering the Technical Potential of Coal-to-Nuclear (C2N) Power Generation on a Global Scale”
India has shortlisted 10 retired or ageing coal plants for conversion into nuclear sites, aiming to reach 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047 (vs. ~8.8 GW today). Site selection will be shaped by water access, seismic stability and population density
The report outlines policy, financial, regulatory and organizational mechanisms to accelerate coal‑to‑nuclear (C2N) in Poland’s utility‑scale power sector.
Tearing down what already works is the slowest way forward. We’ve spent decades building global energy systems, grids, and infrastructure that connect billions of people. Instead of ripping them out, we can repower them: reusing what’s valuable and replacing only what pollutes.
Poland, long reliant on coal, is making a decisive turn. In 2024, over 62% of electricity still came from burning lignite and hard coal. The Polish government intend to update their national nuclear strategy (PPEJ) to endorse Coal-to-Nuclear (C2N): repowering existing coal sites with zero-emission nuclear energy.
We burn fossil fuels and drain rivers like there’s no tomorrow for AI parrots to parody thought production. Wouldn’t you prefer to read something made with care, not written in a tenth of a second by a stack of circuit-boards? We offer you a long-form piece of journalism for your enjoyment.
In the last years of a once-mighty industry, coaldust-coated miners ask: ‘What next?’. ‘Poland stands on coal’. It’s been an unchangeable truth for centuries. Poland now must pivot to wield a new power: Atomic.
Repowering with thermal energy storage is a technology option to include in Germany’s toolbox to drive decarbonisation. Repower Initiative, Quantified Carbon and Future Cleantech Architects investigated the role of TES in repowering decommissioned coal power plants in Germany.
At the Repower World Summit 2025 in Katowice, Poland, we teamed up with the inestimably talented filmmaker Joris Skudra to work on a short film to introduce Repowering to the world – produced in a style that entertains, educates, and inspires.
We don’t need to start from scratch to go clean. We just need to be smarter about what we already have. Repowering offers a faster way: reuse what’s working, replace what’s polluting. Keep the grids, the power stations, the people, but swap coal for clean heat.
This PCC progress report reviews Komati’s decommissioning, repowering, and repurposing program since late 2023, highlighting community engagement and skills efforts alongside delays in decommissioning (Component A) and renewables+BESS rollout (Component B) due to procurement, scope, and environmental constraints.
