G7 to agree end date for coal-fired power plants

• 8 months ago (2024-04-30)
• David Flin

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Energy ministers at the G7 meeting in Turin have agreed on a time frame for phasing out coal-fired power plants, committing to shutting down these plants by the first half of the 2030s.

Andrew Bowie, British Nuclear and Renewables Minister, said: “We do have an agreement to phase out coal by the first half of the 2030s.”

The G7, consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and the USA, has a draft agreement to: “phase out existing unabated coal power generation in our energy systems during the first half of the 2030s or in a timeline consistent with keeping a limit of 1.5°C temperature rise within reach, in line with countries’ net zero pathways.”

However, the two biggest users of coal-fired electricity generation – China and India – are not party to this agreement.