Minister: Germany to go Nuke Free by 2022

[Feuer Frei!]

Germany's ruling coalition has agreed to shut down all of the nation's nuclear power plants by 2022. Minister of Ecology Norbert Roettgen of the Christian Democratic Union party made the announcement early Monday after negotiations with coalition partner, the Liberal Party, which had been opposed to setting a date for decommissioning the nuclear facilities.
Opposition parties have long supported shuttering nuclear energy in Germany
"The decision looks like this," Roettgen said. "Seven older nuclear power plants ... and the nuclear plant Kruemmel will not go back online ... a second group of six nuclear reactors will go offline at the end of 2021 at the latest, and ... the three most modern, newest nuclear plants will go offline in 2022 at the latest."
To make up for the loss of nuclear energy, the German government will begin to switch to renewable energy and increase investments in energy research, the government website says.

"But we will not be able to do without conventional power plants, above all cutting-edge gas power plants for a long time," said a statement published last week. "New fruits of new research should contribute to making the energy transition more efficient and easier on the ecology."
In March, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced she would rethink a plan to extend the lifespan of her country's nuclear power plants.


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This phasing-out will see Germany as the first major industrialized power to shut down all of its Nuclear Plants.
France says it's not ready to give up Nuclear Power.
I'm guessing this also is a Political Move on A Merkel's behalf, hoping that the nuclear plan will steal some of the Green's electoral territory. Possibly making them Coalition Partners.
If this is to go ahead, it's a big risk though.
Nuclear Power is affordable energy.
I'd be interested to hear Skybird's thoughts, especially on what my thoughts are on the Political move perhaps by Merkel?

[Gerald]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=184114

[Feuer Frei!]

Apologies.
Easily missed due to the original thread's heading.
"British wind farms..."

[Gerald]

You hardly need to apologize, the other thread had a different title, which you also mentioned the, not easy to see the direct link, and it posted some on the GT forums,

[nikimcbee]

Fight! fight! fight!


back to the thread.

Well, I hope they enjoy winter.

To make up for the loss of nuclear energy, the German government will begin to switch to renewable energy and increase investments in energy research, the government website says.

Good luck with that.

[Dan D]

from a 2008tish discussion with Subman:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...638#post839638:
Interesting movie (in English) about a research by the University of Kassel/Germany: "Is it possible to supply Germany around-the-clock with 100% power from renewable energies?"


I also remember a seminar back in 2002 at university held by a judge from the Higher Administrative Court NRW about "The legal conditions for a withdrawal from nuclear power".

So the idea is not that new in Germany. The political decision to pull out from nuclear energy was already made in the late 80ties after Chernobyl.

"New paths encounter new risks but also new opportunities"(blah).

[Gerald]

Many countries had this type of discussion in connection with the accident, but as long as there are energy sources that deliver and add what is needed for the country's needs, so nuclear power is the best in my eyes, in theory, there are other solutions, but not in practice which is comparable with what nuclear power can produce.