NEW - Prepare Germanys Coal Plants for Emergency Operations Amid Strained Gas Supplies and Low Storage Levels
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Germany is preparing for a possible gas crisis. Coal and oil power plants from the reserve should be allowed to supply electricity again. This could in any case be expensive for consumers.
According to Handelsblatt-Informationen, the Federal Government wants to undertake by law power plant operators to stand ready for an emergency operation. They should already procure coal and oil.
"In order to ensure energy supply, in particular natural gas supply, additional generation capacities should be made available to the electricity market as a precaution in order to save natural gas in electricity generation," says the classified draft of the "Act for the Provision of Replacement Power Plants", which is available to the Handelsblatt. The measure aims at plants in the grid reserve as well as power plants, which have to be reactiva…
The German authorities are preparing a bill that will oblige coal and oil-fired power plants to store fuel in the event of gas shortages in the country, ... . . . . 12.11.2026, PRIM
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