Germany is thinking of postponing the exit from coal due to the insecurity of energy supply
| The Minister of Economy of Germany announced that due to the still insecure and uncertain situation of energy supply, he is postponing the exit plan from coal planned for 2030. |
According to Webangah News quoted by Tasnim News agency “Robert Haubeck”, the Federal Minister of Economy of Germany announced which, due to the uncertain supply situation, postpones the plan to withdraw coal planned for 2030.
This news was reported by Bild, Germany, citing the meeting minutes of the energy committee of this country’s parliament.
Accordingly, in response to the question of whether you will investigate whether the phase-out of coal can be done within the predicted time frame or not? He said that fossil power plants should work more if there are not enough alternative power plants.
In another part of his speech, the Minister of Economy of Germany said: Security of supply is fully guaranteed until 2030. However, this depends on prerequisites: the expansion of the grid and the expansion of green electricity must be carried out as planned. Otherwise, the result is what you say.
Hobeck responded according to the minutes of the committee meeting: “If we are not in a secure supply situation, fossil power plants will have to work more.” We will never jeopardize the security of supply.
The Minister of Economy of Germany has spoken about this while the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Schultz, in his speech at the Dubai Climate Conference, called for the acceleration of the energy transformation process and Almost 200 countries requested to join this process and commit themselves to this.
German Chancellor Olaf Schultz also called for a global exit from coal, oil and gas. This German official said in his speech: Now we all have to show a firm determination to get out of fossil fuels – first and foremost coal.
He said: As a successful industrial country, we We want to live and work in climate neutral conditions by 2045.
Schultz appealed to the approximately 200 countries that are negotiating in Dubai by mid-December to participate in the energy transformation process and addressed them. : Let’s make the expansion of renewable energy the number one priority of energy policy around the world!
Germany has faced many problems in the field of energy and gas supply in the shadow of the war in Ukraine and the reduction of energy supply from Russia.
Not long ago, Markus Kerber, the CEO of RWE, which is the largest electricity producer in this country, warned that due to the continuing energy crisis in Germany, this country may face a shortage of energy in the coming winter.
According to this German official; The cooling of the air threatens the energy security of Germany as the largest economy of the European Union. For more than a year, due to the military conflict with Ukraine, Russia has significantly reduced gas exports to Germany.
He also said: We do not have any shock control structure in our gas supply system. Germany should complete the construction of the infrastructure needed for gas import as soon as possible.
Before the military conflict with Ukraine, Germany imported 40% of its gas from Russia, but following the rise of tensions Between Moscow and Kiev, Berlin decided to reduce its dependence on Russian gas by increasing LNG imports.
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