Berlin, Feb. 1 (BNA): A report from the Federal Grid Agency finds that Germany could advance its planned phase-out of coal by eight years to 2030 as the country’s electricity supply would continue to be secure.
Berlin has agreed to phase out lignite mining – also known as brown coal – for power generation by 2030 in mines in the West Rhine region. However, no such target has been set for the mines in the east of the country. He said that while Minister for Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck has called for the coal phase-out currently scheduled for 2038 to be brought forward in the region as well, the decision must be taken by consensus.
According to the report of the Federal Grid Agency, which is scheduled to be discussed in the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday, Germany’s electricity supply is secured for the period from 2025 to 2031, despite higher energy consumption due to heat pumps, electromobility and electrolyzers. The report, seen by dpa, said the calculation takes into account a complete phase-out of coal by 2030. “This means that Germany’s very high level of security of supply can be maintained, even by European standards,” it said. .” t
The government publishes the Federal Grid Agency’s report on secure electricity supply every two years. The report stressed that it takes into account the developments that can be expected for the market and the network and does not aim at analyzing crisis scenarios.
Thus it should be clearly separated from the parallel demand and system analysis of transport system operators. The latter is currently being prepared and will be presented in April.
In its recommendations to work on the report, the Ministry of Economy indicated that in order to ensure the security of energy supplies at the highest level, the expansion of renewable energies is essential, and called for building or modernizing more power plants from hydrogen, bioenergy and gas. .
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