Friedrich Merz, head of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), announced an expected power outage in Germany next winter. This was reported by the newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
According to him, a similar scenario could arise if the country does not extend the operation of the remaining three nuclear power plants.
“In autumn and winter, there is a threat of complete overload of the electricity grid and insufficient electricity supply,” said the leader of the opposition German party CDU.
If, as the politician warns, Berlin continues to depend on the exit from nuclear power for ideological reasons, then a power outage should be expected at the beginning of 2023.
“We’ll have to worry about ordering new fuel rods for at least three nuclear power plants by August at the latest,” Merz added.
Currently, the German authorities are dealing with the issue of extending the life of the last three nuclear power plants. But the Greens are against this move.
It was previously known in Germany. study the possibility of using three nuclear power plants for electricity generation.
Source: Gazeta
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