Coal Phase-Out in Germany: Legal Discussion about Compensation
Energy and Climate Law
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Germany is in the midst of fundamentally restructuring its energy sector. The country wants to close the last nuclear power plant by 2022 and simultaneously phase-out coal by 2038 at latest. Both processes are laborious, but while discussions and expropriation claims surrounding the nuclear phase-out have been largely settled, similar discussions about financial compensation for owners and operators of coal fired power plants in Germany gather pace.
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