Future German government coalition would stick with 2038 coal exit, emphasise bioenergy

In a possible joint coalition, the Union and the SPD want to abandon the goal of the coal phase-out by 2030 and are now striving for the year 2038.

Future German government coalition would stick with 2038 coal exit, emphasise bioenergy

Instead of a reimbursement scheme to compensate lower-income households for carbon pricing expenses, the coalition partners plan to use the EU's future Social Climate Fund.

Germany’s future new coalition government does not want to continue with the outgoing government’s aspiration to advance the country’s coal outflow to 2030, from the official deadline of 2038. In leaked documents summarizing the interim agreements between the conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD), the parties stated: “We stand firm on the agreed path of phasing out electricity generation from lignite by 2038 at the latest.…

Prospective new German government shows no ambition to speed up coal exit

Likely new German coalition may lower renewables and climate ambition

Conservatives and Social Democrats abandon plan for early coal exit and want to amend or abolish progressive heating law