Germany's biggest state wants at least 10 billion euros for exiting coal
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DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - North Rhine-Westphalia, one of Germany's coal-mining states, is demanding at least 10 billion euros (£9 billion) in structural support if coal-fired power stations are phased out, its economy minister said.Germany is hammering out plans for how to abandon polluting coal stations in favour of renewables, which accounted for more than 40 percent of the energy mix last year, beating coal for the first time.The German cabinet has appointed a coal commission to find a..