Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter
Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter
www.reuters.com Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter
Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved putting on-reserve lignite-fired power plants back online from October until the end of March 2024, the economy ministry said, as a step to replace scarce natural gas this winter and avoid shortages.
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Weird, I could have sworn there was an extra 4GW of climate neutral generation capacity around last winter. Strange that these horribly toxic coal plants need to get fired up just for 2GW. Where did those 4GW go I wonder...