Germany to speed up renewables build-up to shutter 16GW lignite

But Berlin still doesn’t tell what measures it plans to take to reach 65% in renewable power by 2030

Coal-fired power plants and wind turbines of German energy giant RWE are seen at the Garzweiler lignite opencast mine — Coal-fired power plants and wind turbines of German energy giant RWE are seen at the Garzweiler lignite opencast mineFoto: INA FASSBENDER/AFP/Getty Images/NTB scanpix

Bernd Radowitz

Published 16 January 2020, 10:44Updated 16 January 2020, 14:13