Pressure on coal business will increase – EnBW head
Handelsblatt
The need to protect the climate and remain profitable will continue to exert pressure on coal-fired power generation businesses, and German energy company EnBW will continue to review its power plants, EnBW’s CEO Frank Mastiaux told Handelsblatt in an interview. The Energiewende has entered a new phase. Until now, energy transition has been promoted by the government via regulations, but in the future competition, technological development, and infrastructure-related topics will set the tone, said Mastiaux.
Read the interview (behind paywall) in German here.
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