News Digest Item
23 Nov 2017

Can Germany break its lignite habit?

Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel has published a long article by Benedikt Becker, Frank Dohmen, Gerald Traufetter, and Steffen Winter on Germany’s difficulties in phasing out power production from lignite. The article is the translated version of a German original, which was published on 18 November.

Read the article in English here.

For background, read the CLEW factsheets Coal in Germany and When will Germany finally ditch coal?

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