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Post by sevenofnine on Mar 31, 2024 12:10:56 GMT -5
Remember they sign that EU agrreemnt like 1990s Seven coal-fired power stations in Germany were shut down over Easter, power generators RWE and LEAG said on Sunday. The government took five plants out of mothballs to cope with a shortfall in gas supplies through the winter as Europe's largest economy sought to reduce its dependency on Russian gas. Two more were allowed to continue operating after their scheduled shutdown dates. Which plants have been taken offline? Five of the plants were located in the Rheinish mining district of Western Germany, near the city of Cologne. They included the Grevenbroich-Neurath and Bergheim-Niederaussem sites. The move means that some 2,100 megawatts (MW) of lignite capacity will be decommissioned, operator RWE said. Two other plants at Jänschwalde in the eastern state of Brandenburg, near the capital Berlin, were also shut after being brought back online recently. Why did Germany keep coal plants open? Germany's plans to reduce its reliance on coal to tackle climate change were dealt a blow by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. www.dw.com/en/germany-shuts-7-coal-power-stations-after-winter-ends/a-68709235Germany and other European countries cut their dependence on Russian gas in the months following the war, which helped spike the price of energy.
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