Eastern Germany's largest lignite plant operator LEAG is lobbying state governments in Brandenburg and Saxony to keep domestic coal production running beyond planned phase-out timelines, arguing that the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war has fundamentally altered the conditions under which Germany's coal exit was agreed
According to an internal company presentation reported by business weekly WirtschaftsWoche, LEAG is positioning lignite as a cheap, domestically available alternative to fossil fuel imports disrupted by damage to Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and trade routes
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