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01 Aug 2017

No coal exit with a conservative-liberal coalition after general elections

EUROSOLAR / klimaretter.info

A German coal exit is unlikely to be introduced in the foreseeable future if a coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU), Christian Socialists (CSU) and Free Democrats (FDP) take over the federal government after the September elections, writes klimaretter.info in an article based on political party surveys by EUROSOLAR, the European Association for Renewable 麻豆无码版. The CDU and CSU said a reduction of coal power was necessary for climate protection, but Germany would still need 鈥渂aseload conventional power plants (also highly efficient gas plants) for some time鈥, as long as there weren鈥檛 enough competitive storages in combination with renewable energy. The FDP said that 鈥渁 complete exit from coal-fired power generation is neither an imperative necessity to fulfil the Paris Agreement nor an end to itself.鈥

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