Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: New EU Climate Target Will Increase Carbon Prices and Could Phase Out Coal Power in Europe as Early as 2030
April 27, 2021
April 27, 2021
POTSDAM, Germany, April 27 -- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research issued the following news release:
Tightening the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) in line with the EU Green Deal would dramatically speed up the decarbonization of Europe's power sector - and likely cause a demise of the coal industry. In a new study a team of researchers from Potsdam, Germany has quantified the substantial shifts Europe's electricity system is about to undergo when the ne . . .
Tightening the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) in line with the EU Green Deal would dramatically speed up the decarbonization of Europe's power sector - and likely cause a demise of the coal industry. In a new study a team of researchers from Potsdam, Germany has quantified the substantial shifts Europe's electricity system is about to undergo when the ne . . .