Germany Is Closing 84 Coal Plants to Save the Planet

Germany will close all 84 of its coal power plants. The nation — one of the world’s largest consumers of coal — will rely on renewable energy instead.

Germany will rely on renewable energy from 2038.

The announcement came earlier this year as Germany revealed its struggle to meet its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions targets. Coal accounted for 40 percent of Germany’s electricity at the start of the year, per the Los Angeles Times.

“This is an historic accomplishment,” Ronald Pofalla, chairman of the 28-member government commission, said at a news conference in Berlin last January. “It was anything but a sure thing. But we did it. There won’t be anymore coal-burning plants in Germany by 2038.”

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