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\"Nuclear<\/p>\n

Germany now has just three operational nuclear power stations left – and at the end of this year there will be none.<\/p>\n

Germany once sourced up to around a quarter of its electricity from nuclear energy generated by 17 plants. While there has always been significant opposition to nuclear power in Germany, the catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan in 2011 was a game-changer. In May that year, the Merkel government announced Germany would close all of its nuclear power plants by December 2022 – and just six remained operational last year.<\/p>\n

While this has unfortunately provided an extended lifeline for fossil fuels, just over 43 percent of Germany\u2019s total electricity in 2010 came from coal – and that had dropped to about 27 percent in 2021 thanks to renewables.<\/p>\n

While the share of renewables in electricity production in Germany dropped from about 44 percent in 2020 to just under 41 percent (estimated) in 2021 – largely due to a drop in wind power output – that was still slightly more than in 2019.<\/p>\n

Germany’s new coalition government recently committed to boost the 2030 target share of renewables from 65 percent to 80 percent, and for all coal-fired power generation to have ceased by that year. The 2030 solar power capacity target would be doubled to 200 GW and offshore wind increased 50% to 30 GW.<\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve Shutdowns<\/h2>\n

On New Year’s Eve, the last remaining operational unit (1288MW) at RWE’s Gundremmingen nuclear power plant was taken off the grid for good, as were E.ON’s Brokdorf (1410MW) and Grohnde (1360MW) facilities.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, RWE also disconnected several coal-burning units – Neurath B (300MW), Niederaussem C (300MW) and Weisweiler E (300MW).<\/p>\n

RWE notes<\/a> (with a degree of bitterness) that between 2020 and 2022, it will have decommissioned power stations with a combined capacity of more than 7,000 megawatts. RWE says the remaining ~440 employees at Gundremmingen will continue working “through to the 2030s” on post-shutdown operations and deconstruction work at Gundremmingen; indicating how complex (and costly) decommissioning a nuclear plant is.<\/p>\n

More Coal, All Remaining Nuclear To Go In 2022<\/h2>\n

Starting in April, RWE will commence a new round of nuclear and coal power decommissioning; kicking off with another 300 MW coal-burner at Neurath in April. Then at the end of the year, the company will shut down the two 600 MW units at the same location, and its Emsland nuclear power plant in Lingen.<\/p>\n

That leaves E.ON’s Isar Ohu (1410MW) and EnBW’s Neckarwestheim 2 (1310MW) nuclear facilities, which will meet the same fate on December 31 this year.<\/p>\n

On a related note, Politico reports<\/a> the German government has lashed out draft plans by the European Commission to allow nuclear (and gas) plants to be considered \u201csustainable\u201d where they can provide assurances no significant harm will come to the environment, including from the disposal of nuclear waste.<\/p>\n

France has welcomed this, insisting the EU cannot become carbon neutral by 2050 without nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/b> The Simple Reason Australian Power Stations Will Never Go Nuclear<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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