The stress test for the security of the power supply shows that the Isar 2 power plants in Bavaria and Neckarwestheim in Baden-Württemberg can, if necessary, make an additional contribution to the power grid in southern Germany in the winter of 2022/23, Habeck said on Monday in Berlin.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz had previously demanded the continued operation of the three nuclear power plants still on the grid. He described classifying nuclear reactors as emergency reserves as completely inadequate. “Full performance of these power plants on the grid and on the market,” he said before the meeting of the Union parliamentary group. The government must also order new fuel rods so that the nuclear reactors can run for another three to four years. The electricity is urgently needed. CSU regional group chief Alexander Dobrindt warns of a blackout in Germany, i.e. a collapse of the power supply, if the reactor is switched off.
French President Emmanuel Macron has meanwhile agreed on mutual aid with Berlin in the energy crisis. Paris will be ready to supply Germany with natural gas, Macron said after a phone call with Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz. If necessary, Germany will in turn supply electricity to France. “Germany needs our natural gas, and we need electricity from the rest of Europe, especially Germany.”
Source: Nachrichten
