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Hungary’s 2030 pledge to end coal likely to be too optimistic
Gas is in a good position to squeeze coal in Hungary’s power mix from 2020, but the country is unlikely to completely phase coal out by 2030 despite recent pledges Gas is in a good position to squeeze coal in Hungary’s power mix from 2020, but the country is unlikely to completely phase coal out by 2030 despite recent pledges.
26 September 2019
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Hungary’s goodbye to coal will likely be a long one despite pledges made by Hungarian President Janos Ader at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on Tuesday.
Similar to Greece, where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced his country’s intention to exit coal by 2028, Ader said coal would be phased out in Hungary by 2030. However, government policies and plans indicate the country’s coal use may be squeezed – but not completely gone – by that date.
Ader does not have...
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