Posted on 12/16/2022 4:17:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Coal has made a comeback in Germany this year, as Europe's largest economy turns to the dirty fuel to power it through an energy crisis.
More than a third (36.3%) of the electricity fed into the German power grids between July and September came from coal-fired power plants, compared with 31.9 percent in the third quarter of 2021, according to German statistics office Destatis.
Long demonised by Germany's Green party, which leads some of the government's top ministries, coal was set to be phased out by 2030, but Russia's war with Ukraine and gas export curbs, brought coal back into favour.
Coal-to-power generation output rose by 13.3% year-on-year to 42.9 terawatt hours (TWh) in the three months of July-September, during which overall German power output - at 118.1 TWh - lagged the same period in 2021 by 0.5 percent, Destatis said.
Gas generation rose slightly, despite high prices, as wind and hydro power output were low, and domestic nuclear output also fell in July-Sept.
The latter was because only three reactors remain online compared to six a year earlier as Germany exits from the technology following the Fukushima crisis.
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Irony is alive in the great country of Germany.
Coal is OK! Just put proper hi-tech scrubbers on the plant. The Germans can easily do this
There is no energy crisis. There is a worldwide government f***tard crisis.
You don’t say…..
70% of German produced energy came from Coal - LAST MONTH.
Ding sing sing! We have a winner! Also an ignorant voter crisis…
drag out the locomotives!!
They’ll have to invade Silesia again.
“More than a third (36.3%) of the electricity fed into the German power grids between July and September came from coal-fired power plants, compared with 31.9 percent in the third quarter of 2021”
IF that’s all the increase from coal, Germany is HOSED and will quickly empty their reserves this winter. Oh well, couldn’t happen to a dumber country.
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Santa will have no worries
Quinn’s Law: Liberalism always results in the exact opposite of it’s stated intention.
Yep.
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