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High energy prices lead to coal revival in Czech Republic

Smoke rises form chimneys of a steel plant in Ostrava, Czech Republic on November 11, 2022. [AP Photo]

In this part of the northeastern Czech Republic, huge piles of coal are stacked up ready to sell to eager buyers and smoke belches from coal-fired plants that are ramping up instead of winding down.

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