‘…Getting rid of coal power is a huge challenge. Even as Germany has scaled up wind and solar, it has also been shutting down its low-carbon nuclear plants. Coal \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the most carbon-intensive energy source \u00e2\u20ac\u201d has been largely left untouched, and now generates 40 percent of the country\u2019s electricity. Much of that is from lignite, a low-grade and particularly dirty form of coal.’<\/p>\n

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