“Companies want some protection from the rise they fear they will see in electricity prices when coal-fired power plants and nuclear power plants are taken off the grid in the coming years.”
Germany
Germany may mine less coal — but it plans to import more
Germany’s wind and solar folly
Since 2013, Germany has spent $181 billion reducing CO2 emissions. Guess what the per-ton cost of doing this has been.
The three ironies of German renewables ‘beating’ coal in 2018
Assuming for the sake of argument that German wind/solar output really did outpace coal in 2018, there are three key ironies: 1) German emissions are NOT decreasing; 2) Warmer temperatures reduced the need for coal; and 3) the key sentence in this report is: “Pressure on the government to tame the cost of the energy shift is rising.”
Source: Bloomberg Web | German Green Power Likely Beat Coal Output for the First Time – BloombergPDF
Germany spends $580 BILLION… still misses 2020 climate goals
If Germany wants electricity… there is no exiting coal
The Germans are somewhat more honest that US electric utilities about the prospects for exiting coal. The Germans can’t come up with a plan while US utilities have come up with fake plans that have no chance of being implemented — especially with BURN MORE COAL on the case.
Germany failing to meet emissions cuts
Germany should be a cautionary tale for US electric utilities. Meaningless CO2 cuts. Skyrocketing electricity prices from wind/solar. In a word, disaster.
‘We need to prevent a stealthy deindustrialisation’
German miners take action to protect their jobs
This is working in Germany. US miners can protect their own jobs, families and communities, too. Help us, help you/them.
