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Greece and coal

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Like all EU members, Greece has a legally-binding clean energy target and is aiming for 18 percent of energy consumption to be from renewables by 2020.<ref name="Bloomberg2018"> [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-30/greece-kicks-off-3-6-billion-program-for-solar-wind-projects "Greece Kicks Off $3.6 Billion Program for Solar, Wind Projects"], Bloomberg, 30 April 2018</ref> EU policy makers and electricity companies consider investing in coal not to make any business sense compared to investing in renewable energy in Greece.<ref name=euract> [https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/greece-criticised-for-lacking-modern-energy-plan-to-ditch-coal/ "Greece criticised for lacking modern energy plan to ditch coal"], EURACTIV, 29 May 2018</ref>

Western Macedonia is a "Coal Region in Transition".<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/1_eu_coal_regions_in_transition.pdf "Coal Regions in Transition Platform"], European Commission, 4 June 2018</ref>

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