No new coal power plants in the future: Cabinet approves new guidelines

The Cabinet has approved a new set of policy guidelines for the Electricity industry targeting net carbon emissions, where 70% of the electricity consumption would be from renewable sources by the year 2030 and no new coal power plants would be built in the future.

This decision was passed in cabinet yesterday (02).

Additionally, cabinet has also decided to neutralize net carbon emissions from power generation by the year 2050.