How Helsinki Ditched Coal In Just 2 Years

06 Apr 2025 | Abstracted from Fast Company

"Helsinki is now building the world's largest heat pump, which will send heat to 30,000 homes when it starts running in 2026...the push to close [the coal plants] started more than a decade ago...Wind power decreased electricity prices so much that it's actually a very good business case to replace coal with electricity."

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