Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck is presenting the results of the electricity stress test today. Among other things, the question of extending the service life of nuclear power plants is to be dealt with. News ticker.
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Update from September 5, 4:48 p.m.: Two of the three remaining German nuclear power plants are to be available as emergency power supply reserves by next spring. Again mirror reported, the Neckarwestheim power plants in Baden-Württemberg and Isar 2 in Bavaria are to act as “operational reserves until mid-April 2023”. This is the result of the stress test. Furthermore, it is said from ministry circles that “the phase-out of nuclear power, as regulated in the Atomic Energy Act” will not be changed.
Electricity stress test: Robert Habeck presents the results
Berlin – In the midst of the escalating Ukraine conflict, there is concern in Germany about the energy supply in winter. Gazprom recently announced that no gas from the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1 would continue to reach Germany. In the past few weeks, a so-called stress test has been carried out to ensure the security of the energy supply. Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck will present the results on Monday evening.
The aim of such stress tests is to examine the effects of the tense situation on the energy markets on the security of the electricity supply. As announced at the federal press conference, Habeck will appear before the press in Berlin at 6:00 p.m. together with representatives of several transmission system operators. The central question of the examination is whether it is considered necessary to continue operating nuclear power plants in winter.
Electricity stress test: Merz warns of a “blackout” next year
According to the current legal situation, the last three German nuclear power plants will be taken off the grid at the end of the year. In March, the Federal Ministry of Economics and the Federal Environment Ministry rejected a possible continued operation after an examination. However, in view of the tense situation on the energy markets and the lack of Russian gas deliveries, the government decided to carry out another stress test to ensure the security of the energy supply.
The Union has been warning of possible power outages in winter for weeks and is calling for three other nuclear power plants that were shut down last year to be reactivated. CDU leader Friedrich Merz recently commented on this: “If this government continues like this and sticks to the nuclear phase-out for ideological reasons, we are threatened with a blackout at the beginning of next year.” In the traffic light coalition, FDP leader Lindner and his party in particular are campaigning for one Continued operation of the three power plants still in operation and does not rule out the purchase of new fuel rods. This would make it possible to extend the term for several years.
Electricity stress test: SPD “definitely not ready” for old reactors to be put back into operation
Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacted calmly to the fears of the CDU leader. Scholz is “very sure that we will be spared that”. The federal government would have “done everything to ensure that this does not happen.” Unlike the SPD leader Saskia Esken, Scholz did not comment on the possible continued operation of coal-fired power plants. Esken reiterated on Monday that her party would at most agree to a stretching operation. The SPD was “in no way prepared” to extend the service life by several years or even to put old reactors back into operation, she said in Berlin.
Nuclear energy: The Greens disagree about extending the lifetime of nuclear power plants
In the case of the Greens, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke has not ruled out a short-term continued operation of at least the Bavarian nuclear power plant Isar 2 via a so-called stretch operation. In this case, nuclear power plants would only remain online for a few weeks or months beyond the turn of the year without new fuel rods being used.
In parts of the green basis, however, resistance is also high here. A corresponding application for the federal party conference in mid-October has so far been supported by 98 applicants, the RND newspapers reported on Friday: “We call on the federal executive board, the parliamentary group and the federal government to stick to the phase-out date of December 31, 2022 for the last three nuclear power plants in Germany “, according to the application. (dpa/AFP/lp)
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