The Netherlands will phase out coal power by 2030, set a carbon floor price and lobby for deeper EU carbon cuts in line with a 1.5C warming limit. That was revealed in the coalition agreement for Mark Rutte’s centre-right government on Tuesday, 209 days after the last general election. Under the agreement, three of the most efficient coal plants in Europe, completed in 2015, face early closure. As Climate Home reported, by 2016 they were already losing value, having failed to anticipate low demand, competition from renewables and campaigner pressure.
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