Habeck rejects longer nuclear power plant runtimes to save gas

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Habeck rejects longer nuclear power plant runtimes to save gas

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Electricity and gas prices are rising, and public discontent is growing. Here you can see a public discussion with Economics Minister Robert Habeck at the “Open Day of the Federal Government” in Berlin.

“For the little we win there, it’s the wrong decision,” says Economics Minister Robert Habeck on the continued operation of the nuclear power plants. He sees better ways to save gas. Nevertheless, he would like to wait for the result of a stress test.

BEconomics Minister Robert Habeck has rejected longer running times for the last three German nuclear power plants to save gas. With the continued operation of the nuclear power plant, gas consumption could be reduced by a maximum of two percent, said the Greens politician on Sunday during a public dialogue on the federal government’s open day. “For the little that we win there, it’s the wrong decision.” There are other ways to save gas. For this, the consensus on the nuclear phase-out should not be untied again.

Something else is the question of power grid stability, especially in Bavaria in winter, said the Green politician. “Under certain conditions, this could become a problem.” Even if Bavaria’s reasons are due to the lack of expansion of wind energy or the grid, security of supply must be guaranteed. However, there is no result of the test yet.

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Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), on the other hand, again spoke out in favor of the temporary continued operation of the kiln. This is better and more climate-friendly than bringing lignite-fired power plants back on line. “We shouldn’t be too picky, but reserve all options.” In the long term, he doesn’t think much of nuclear power in its current form. In the current crisis, however, he is ready for an extension “by a few years”.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said the test would be completed “by the end of the month, maybe early next month”. Then it will be decided whether the piles should be used beyond the end of the year. However, nuclear power plants could only make a small contribution to solving the energy problem anyway. How problematic the technology is can be seen in France, where many nuclear power plants are currently failing.

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The government has commissioned a so-called stress test for the power grid operators, the results of which should be available in the next few weeks. It is being examined whether it might be necessary to extend the operation of the nuclear power plants in order to keep the grid stable and guarantee security of supply.

One of the factors that plays a role here is that France has taken many of its nuclear power plants off the grid for maintenance work and is therefore partly supplied by Germany. The problem for France could be exacerbated in winter, as the country also relies heavily on electricity for heating.

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