Two groups on Wednesday commended the government’s move to no longer endorse new coal power plants, saying it would promote competition and wider renewable energy (RE) use.

In separate statements, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) and Greenpeace welcomed the Department of Energy’s (DoE) moratorium on greenfield coal-fired power plants or coal facilities that are yet to be constructed, which they said would pave the way for the country’s transition to RE.

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