The German Government announced this Monday that it will leave two of its three nuclear power plants in reserve, thus suspending nuclear power plants if necessary to close the energy gap next winter. the definitive closure of these facilities.
“We can act like this in the worst case,” said the Minister of Economy. Robert Habeck in a statement published by e-mail. Habeck, minister of the environmental party Los Verdes, stressed that the Government “continues to commit to the withdrawal of nuclear energy”.
ruling coalition Due to the increase in energy prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been subjected to significant pressure to postpone the closure of nuclear power plants.
Added to all this was the interruption of natural gas supply from the gas pipeline last Friday. Nord Stream I From the Russian state company Gazprom.
Nuclear energy accounts for 6% of electricity production in Germany. first trimester, That’s 30 percent from coal, 13 percent from gas and nearly half from renewable energy, including wind and solar, according to Federal Statistics Office data released in June.
Recent opinion polls show broad public support postponement of nuclear shutdown. Nearly two-thirds of Germans support the move, according to a Forschungsgruppe Wahlen poll released last month for ZDF public television.