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Germany's coal exit quietly progressing, likely completed by 2032 – researcher (www.cleanenergywire.org)

submitted 5 days ago by Sepia@mander.xyz to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/52096709

Germany's coal phase-out is on track to happen through market forces well before the legal 2038 deadline, regardless of current energy market turbulence, says Hauke Hermann, a researcher at the Institute of Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut). Carbon price trends make an exit as early as 2031 or 2032 likely, Hermann told Clean Energy Wire. Refiring old coal plants in response to the Iran war's energy market shock to cut power costs would distort investment signals and is unlikely to happen in practice, he added.

Soaring energy prices have triggered calls for slowing Germany’s coal exit. The country’s coal exit law, agreed in 2020, provides for the step-by-step decommissioning of coal power plants. It also stipulates that coal-fired power generation must cease by 2038 at the very latest. Germany's western coal region aims for an earlier phase-out by 2030, but delays in building new gas-fired power plants as a backup for renewables make meeting this earlier deadline increasingly unlikely.

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[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz -1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Meanwhile China's New Coal Power Installations Reach 18-Year High

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"but someone else will do worse" is not a valid defence.

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Not really a defense, just saying that they are nullifying our efforts.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 days ago

But you haven't made an effort

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Our efforts" lol, lmao even. The west - Germany and the US in particular - are not even trying.

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes of course, decommissioning coal power plants instead of building them rapidly is bad apparently.

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

You are absolutely clueless on the matter. I will not engage in a conversation with someone fighting surface level stuff, bye.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

So are their renewable installations...

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's like saying a chain smoker is turning healthy by starting to brush their teeth, while increasing their cigarette intake..

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

60% of China's power capacity at this point are renewables, and even if they're building coal, they're building renewables much faster.. Long term, it's clear they're still phasing out coal.. The power plants are there, but they probably won't be running much in 10-20 years time

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

So what? Germany is also at slightly above 60% renewables with 80% by 2030 being a goal, and we don't build new coal power plants!