Energy Transition

How to replace coal power with renewables in developing countries

Workers operate loaders unloading imported coal at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 5, 2019.

How can emerging economies retire coal power and achieve a sustainable energy transition? Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Donald Perry Kanak
Chairman, Prudential Insurance Growth Markets (2020–2022); Chairman, Prudence Foundation (2015–2022), Prudential
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