German energy giant RWE announced on Tuesday that it wants to end coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, advancing its plans by eight years.
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We are going to end the production of electricity from lignite in 2030, which is twice as fast as expected
,” RWE boss Markus Krebber told a press conference.
This will make it possible to save 280 million tonnes of CO2, specified the Ecologist Minister of the Economy, Robert Habeck, during this conference.
