Electricity generation in Germany is to become more climate-friendly. In the view of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, new or modernized gas-fired power plants are needed to achieve this.
The Federal Ministry of Economics has made public plans for the state-supported construction of new gas-fired power plants and the modernization of existing power plants. In the future, the plants will step in when electricity demand cannot be met by renewable energies. The switch to more climate-friendly hydrogen will also be promoted.
“In this way, we are making the electricity system fit for high proportions of renewable energies and are also securing ourselves for times when there is little wind and sun,” explained Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens). Experts, associations and companies can now comment on the key points of the new Power Plant Safety Act within six weeks.
Initially, power plant capacities of 12.5 gigawatts (GW) will be put out to tender for funding, as well as 500 megawatts (MW) of long-term storage. The gas-fired power plants are to be equipped for a later conversion to more climate-friendly hydrogen, and some pure hydrogen power plants are also to be funded.
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Source: Stern