“A bad decision.” In an exchange with citizens on Sunday, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck ruled out extending the life of the country’s last three nuclear power plants to save gas, Reuters reports.
According to him, keeping these plants in service would reduce gas consumption by 2% at best on the other side of the Rhine:
“Very limited contribution”
As decided in 2011 after the Fukushima disaster, all three German power plants must close by the end of the year. “An extension of the deadlines could only make a very limited contribution to solving the problem, and this at very high economic costs, constitutional and security risks,” the German government had already indicated last March.
A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal, However, citing three senior German government officials, he said the decision to postpone power plant closures was “a heard deal”. Information denied in the process by the Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection that raised an “inaccurate” announcement not substantiated “on any basis”.
Today, Robert Habeck says he is only ready to study the life extension of a nuclear power plant in Bavaria, while the southern state, which relies heavily on gas-fired power plants, has few coal-fired power plants and produces a small amount of wind power. Before making a decision, the government will take note of the results of a stress test that should be known in the coming weeks.
Source: BFM TV
