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Germany has already met its 2028 goal for reducing coal-fired power generation, it so won’t need to order the shutdown of any plants for a second year running. Germany has an interim 2028 target of reducing coal-fired power by 8.7 gigawatts, and as of 1 September it had exceeded this level by about 10%, the Federal Network Agency said. Almost two thirds of Germany’s electricity comes from renewables and excess solar power production has frequently pushed prices below zero, making burning coal less profitable. Yet Europe’s largest economy remains heavily dependent on the fossil fuel and is still the European Union’s biggest polluter. The country plans to completely phase out coal-fired power by 2038.