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Germany announces proposal to phase out coal by 2038, further changing its generation mix
In January 2019, Germany's government-appointed coal commission introduced a proposed pathway to phase out all coal electricity generation by 2038. This, along with previous actions to phase out nuclear generation, would result in further changes in Germany's electricity generation mix, which has increasingly used renewable technologies and natural gas. This phaseout is part of the country's Energiewende—a planned transition to low-carbon domestic energy production.

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