The new traffic light coalition wants to bring the phase-out of coal forward to 2030 as a declared goal. For this, however, according to experts, renewable energies would have to be available much faster.
According to energy experts, the electricity targets of the traffic light coalition require a significantly faster expansion of renewable energies and new gas-fired power plants.
For an early coal phase-out to 2030, a new construction of hydrogen-capable gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of 23 gigawatts would be necessary, according to an analysis presented on Monday by the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne. The currently planned expansion, however, is only 2.3 gigawatts.
In addition, the bottom line would have to be 14.6 gigawatts of photovoltaics, 2.2 gigawatts of offshore wind turbines and 3.9 gigawatts of onshore wind turbines in order to achieve the expansion goals of the coalition agreement. “The average annual addition of photovoltaics and offshore wind over the past ten years would have to be more than tripled for this,” said EWI expert Johannes Wagner, according to the announcement. The “Handelsblatt” had previously reported on the analysis.
According to the coalition agreement, 80 percent of the gross electricity demand will come from renewable energies in 2030. “Ideally” no more electricity should be produced from coal by 2030, it says.
Estimates of how many gas-fired power plants will have to be built to achieve climate protection targets by 2030 vary widely. A study by the Federation of German Industries presented in October estimated the need for new construction at a power plant capacity of around 43 gigawatts. The union IG BCE then spoke of around 250 new gas turbines that were necessary to ensure the electricity supply.
Source From: Stern
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