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Germany Should Stop Shutting Off Coal Plants, Grid Operator Says
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Germany Should Stop Shutting Off Coal Plants, Grid Operator Says Germany should stop further closures of coal-fed power plants for now to safeguard electricity supplies amid the expansion of renewable generation, grid operator Amprion GmbH urged. Germany’s security of supply “could no longer be consistently guaranteed as early as the beginning of the 2030s without the existing reserves,” Chief Executive Officer Christoph Müller said at a supply security conference in Berlin.
Germany Should Stop Shutting Off Coal Plants, Grid Operator Says
Germany should stop further closures of coal-fed power plants for now to safeguard electricity supplies amid the expansion of renewable generation, grid operator Amprion GmbH urged.
Germany’s security of supply “could no longer be consistently guaranteed as early as the beginning of the 2030s without the existing reserves,” Chief Executive Officer Christoph Müller said at a supply security conference in Berlin.