Elusive billionaire mints it betting against Europe's green plans
Daniel Kretinsky was acting on a bold assumption: Europe’s vaunted green transition will be a messy, prolonged affair that requires burning coal and gas for longer than expected
07 April 2023 - 08:00
The potential sale of German coal mines and power plants owned by Swedish energy giant Vattenfall AB had become a flashpoint before the negotiations even began. Many in Germany wanted to see the planet-warming facilities shut down, not passed to someone else. The would-be buyer was a small Czech company few had heard of...
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