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16 Mar 2017

“鶹 is in transition anyway”

taz.de

It is “nonsense” that Germany’s Energiewende destroys big utilities because it is a peculiar and unique policy, writes Ingo Arzt in a commentary in the left-wing taz. “The global utility world faces massive upheavals that will push companies into bankruptcy if they don’t adapt.” A for half the price of coal power, and China’s renewable push, show where we are headed, according to Arzt. “It becomes evident everywhere that renewables have become unstoppable.”

Find a report on E.ON results and plans for job cuts in yesterday’s news digest.

For background on E.ON’s troubles, read the 鶹 factsheet E.ON shareholders ratify energy giant’s split.

Read the commentary in German .

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