Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
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Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#2Maybe if there is a war in Ukraine the pipelines will be destroyed, and they will be forced to turn them back on.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#3Yeah, this has been known for a long time now that Germany is planning to shut down their nuclear plants. I have no clue why. There is a country in Eastern Europe and >60% of their electricity is from their nuclear power plants, and they are extending it. Imagine this country exporting electricity to Germany.
Anyways, I believe it was a pretty shitty idea to say no to nuclear.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#4My extremely uninformed understanding is that there is an energy crisis in Europe, and that this will exacerbate the situation.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#5Sad to see Germany continue to shut down Nuclear while having to greatly expand coal usage because their wind farms significantly under produce due to unexpected weather patterns. (As much as +40% coal generation in the past two years, and -20% wind)
https://www.ans.org/news/article-3274/germany-coal-tops-wind...
https://energypost.eu/germany-2021-coal-generation-is-rising...
And they're replacing it with... gas! Great, another carbon based fuel that is dramatically inferior to Nuclear in energy density, environment impact, and national security.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#6Maybe if there is a war in Ukraine the pipelines will be destroyed, and they will be forced to turn them back on.
Easier to open Nordstream 2 then.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#7I live in Germany and I wonder, what the consequences will be of shutting down both coal and nuclear in very short time. My guess is, we will pay for nuclear energy from France and coal energy from Poland when wind slows down.
The new government tries to accelerate the construction of renewable energy but I think their plans will fail because of worker shortage and supply chain problems.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#8Maybe if there is a war in Ukraine the pipelines will be destroyed, and they will be forced to turn them back on.
As I understood, they will directly begin to dismantel the plants. So there is no way back.
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#9Yet Poland is still running mostly on coal.
Re: Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
#10Why was Nord Stream 2's approval delayed by the German government?