Germany’s recent strides towards phasing out coal have given hope to operators of mothballed gas-fired power plants in the south of the country and increased the likelihood that new gas-fired capacity will be built.
The country’s new coalition government agreed in early February to set up a commission responsible for setting an end date for German coal-fired power by the close of 2019.
The 460,000 members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will have the power to quash the coalition agreement in a postal vote at the...
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