Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved putting on-reserve lignite-fired power plants back online from October until the end of March 2024, the economy ministry said, as a step to replace scarce natural gas this winter and avoid shortages.
The decision to close the remaining reactors was made around a decade ago. It’s simply not possible to flip a switch and turn them back on. There’s no fuel, the reactors have not been maintained and the personnel to run these reactors or perform the maintenance is not here any more. The fuel also has to come from somewhere, and " somewhere" being mostly Russia.
The decision to close the remaining reactors was made around a decade ago. It’s simply not possible to flip a switch and turn them back on. There’s no fuel, the reactors have not been maintained and the personnel to run these reactors or perform the maintenance is not here any more. The fuel also has to come from somewhere, and " somewhere" being mostly Russia.