Germany to shut down 1.5 GW of coal generation by December

Coal power plant in Datteln, Germany, at the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal. (Image by Arnold Paul, Wikimedia Commons.). Germany is shutting down more than 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generation by December 8 this year, the country’s energy regulator said on Thursday, announcing...