Spanish utility Endesa SA (BME:ELE) on Saturday secured government approval to shut down and close the As Pontes coal-fired power plant in the region of Galicia, northwestern Spain, nearly four years since <a href="https://renewablesnow.com/news/endesa-asks-to-close-coal-fired-plants-in-spain-to-make-way-for-renewables-681890/" target="_blank">first petitioning</a> to unplug the facility.