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Germany To Close Brown Coal Plants

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The roughly 80MtCO2 climate ambition gap in 2020,
. . . is related to Germany’s “climate paradox”,
. . . Germany's emissions increased, despite rising renewable energy use.

Angela Merkel’s German government,
. . . will adopt an industry-backed proposal,
. . . to pay a small number of lignite power stations to retire.

There has been intense pressure from the power sector, and unions,
. . . since the levy was announced earlier this year.
. . . They said it would result in:
. . . . . . Mine closures,
. . . . . . Plant shutdowns, and
. . . . . . Rippling economic impacts on jobs, and the economy.

Government previously balked at the idea of moving away from coal straight away,
. . . saying it can’t phase out nuclear, and coal at the same time.

If the retirements fail to live up to expectations,
. . . some additional lignite plants will be retired.

07-03-2015 Source:  Germany to close brown coal plants


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