Germany’s Coal Reliance to Last Amid Renewables Drive, BDEW Says
This article is for subscribers only.
Germany’s reliance on coal-fired plants will last even as Europe’s biggest power user seeks to get more of its electricity from renewable sources, according to the head of energy lobby group BDEW.
“We won’t be able to renounce coal from Germany in the foreseeable future,” Hildegard Mueller said at a coal conference in Berlin today. “Coal is essential to the energy mix.”