Angela Merkel has decided to close Germany's coal power plants. Аll of them. [View all]

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(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that her country would withdraw from coal-fired power production by 2038, showing her support for the deadline recommended by a government-appointed commission.

The so-called coal commission said last month that Germany should shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2038 at the latest and proposed at least 40 billion euros ($45.7 billion) in aid to coal-mining states affected by the phase-out.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-energy-coal/germanys-merkel-signals-support-for-2038-coal-exit-deadline-idUSKCN1PU0BV

Merkel’s decision has stirred up considerable controversy in Germany. Critics contend that the Coal Power Plants could be closed a decade earlier if the Government was really serious. All of Germany’s nuclear power plants will be shuttered by 2022.

In 1990 there were 115,000 employees in the brown coal sector of reunited Germany. Now there are only 20,000. And there are 330,000 workers in renewables.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/coal-bites-the-dust-in-germany-europe-s-greenest-nation-20190208-p50wh0.html