Germany Already Met Its 2028 Goal for Reducing Coal-Fired Power

Germany plans to completely phase out coal-fired power by 2038.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Germany has already met its 2028 goal for reducing coal-fired power generation, so won’t need to order the shutdown of any plants for a second year running, the country’s regulator said.

Germany has an interim 2028 target of reducing coal-fired power by 8.7 gigawatts, and as of Sept. 1 it had exceeded this level by about 10%, the Federal Network Agency said on its website on Monday.