Germany is putting its coal miners out of work for no reason. “Green power made up 40 percent of total generation in 2018, resulting from Germany’s politically driven process to replace fossil fuels.”
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Germany, Poland snub EU… to burn more coal
The governments of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg have launched an appeal to boost EU climate action ahead of a major summit on the future of Europe taking place in Romania next Thursday (9 May). A leaked “non-paper” by the eight countries calls on the European Union to step up the fight against climate change and sign up to a European Commission plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions “by 2050 at the latest”. Germany, Italy and Poland were notably absent from the list of signatories of the leaked document, obtained by EURACTIV, echoing divisions at a recent EU summit.
Source: EurActiv.com
German power lobby sees shortfalls due to coal, nuclear phase-out
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Germany replaces domestic coal with imported coal
Germany to burn even more coal through 2030 despite planned 2038 exit
Germany’s shuttering of the last of its nuclear power plants by 2022 could force the country to use 16% more coal power through 2030. Germany recently announced it would exit coal by 2038. Right.
Source: CleanEnergyWire.org
Mañana: Germany to exit coal in 2038
Fantasy: German energy regulator to shield power users from coal exit costs
“These costs are already rising because green energy is difficult to integrate due to its intermittent nature, causing high “re-dispatch” spending on handling shortfalls and drawing on reserve plants.” So who will pay the higher costs? Keep in mind Germans already pay among the highest prices for electricity in Europe.
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