Denmark wants to be coal-free by 2025

Danish Climate and Energy Minister Rasmus Helveg Petersen said on 29 October 2014 the government was looking into how the country could stop using coal as an energy supply by 2025. The Scandinavian country's centre-left government had previously aimed at being coal-independent by 2030.

ESO: Background information: Danish municipality approves country's first shale gas drilling licence http://www.europeansources.info/record/danish-municipality-approves-countrys-first-shale-gas-drilling-licence/

ESO: Background information: Denmark signals fight for tougher 2030 climate and clean energy goals http://www.europeansources.info/record/denmark-signals-fight-for-tougher-2030-climate-and-clean-energy-goals/

The Local.dk, 30.10.14: Denmark looks to ban coal in ten years http://www.thelocal.dk/20141030/denmark-looks-to-ban-coal-in-ten-years

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