{"id":285292,"date":"2023-10-27T14:41:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285292"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:41:49","slug":"country-on-green-transitions-leading-edge-will-fire-up-coal-plants-to-meet-demand-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285292","title":{"rendered":"Country On Green Transition\u2019s Leading Edge Will Fire Up Coal Plants To Meet Demand This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"285300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285300\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>A country on the forefront of the green transition will put several mothballed coal-fired power plants back online ahead of the upcoming winter, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, says The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/10\/04\/germany-green-transition-coal-plants-demand-winter\/?mc_cid=b9760b4db0&amp;mc_eid=7ee7e56bba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"310\" data-attachment-id=\"285298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285298\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?fit=1280%2C549&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,549\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-752\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?fit=723%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?resize=723%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?resize=1024%2C439&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?resize=768%2C329&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?resize=1200%2C515&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-752.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Andreas Rentz\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"50\" data-attachment-id=\"285296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285296\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-751.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-751\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-751.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-751.png?resize=528%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285296\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-751.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-751.png?resize=300%2C28&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/Nick+Pope\">NICK POPE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany, which has spent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/23\/germany-miss-climate-goals-green-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds of billions<\/a>\u00a0of dollars to enact the green energy transition, will reactivate several coal-fired units in order to meet peak demand and keep the lights on this winter, Bloomberg\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-10-04\/germany-orders-three-old-lignite-plants-to-operate-in-winter?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=energy&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. The country has experienced elevated and inconsistent energy prices since Russia invaded Ukraine, impacting both German\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/germany-help-citizens-cope-with-energy-prices-with-various-measures-econ-2022-08-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">customers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/07\/energy\/german-industry-energy-prices\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German government opted to go ahead with its plans to phase out its last nuclear reactors in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/18\/germany-shuts-down-last-nuclear-power-plants-some-scientists-aghast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April<\/a>, and the war in Ukraine has resulted in diminished flow of relatively inexpensive natural gas from Russia, according to Bloomberg. German officials have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/03\/germany-nuclear-energy-renewable-european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited<\/a>\u00a0safety concerns and a desire to focus on developing green energy as their rationale for shuttering the remaining reactors.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/22\/political-suicide-germany-shutter-nuclear-plants-looming-winter-shortages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(RELATED: \u2018Political Suicide\u2019: Germany Will Shutter Nuclear Plants Despite Looming Winter Shortages)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two-thirds of Germans want a new government, says Germany&#39;s largest newspaper Bild.<br><br>Surveys also show two-thirds of Germans want to keep using nuclear energy.<br><br>What an interesting coincidence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SOof8XnkcP\">https:\/\/t.co\/SOof8XnkcP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5RxHanb0sb\">pic.twitter.com\/5RxHanb0sb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mark Nelson (@energybants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/energybants\/status\/1692809369916784899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country needed to rely on coal last winter once the flow of Russian gas had slowed, and supply is likely to be even tighter this winter now that the nuclear reactors are out of the picture, Bloomberg reported. The energy crisis and inconsistencies in the power market have contributed to the decisions of many companies to scale down their operations in Germany and look for more stable, affordable business environments in North America and Asia,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-deindustrialization-of-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Politico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, German Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/12\/germany-energy-shortage-ukraine-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;that a future energy shortage could produce conditions in which \u201cthere is no secure scenario for how things will turn out\u201d for the German economy. Habeck issued his warning ahead of the December 2024 expiration of a natural gas deal between Russia and Ukraine, which allows for Russian gas to flow into Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany aims to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2045, and the country relied on wind and solar power to provide about 32% of its energy in 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/736640\/energy-mix-germany\/#:~:text=Power%20mix%20in%20Germany%202022&amp;text=Germany%20is%20still%20heavily%20reliant,gas%20contributed%20another%2013%20percent.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to Statista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy did not respond immediately to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"511\" data-attachment-id=\"285302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285302\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?fit=3507%2C2481&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3507,2481\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?fit=723%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=723%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1087&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1449&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?resize=1200%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00F7wy6n8XMAA5CJb.jpeg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A country on the forefront of the green transition will put several mothballed coal-fired power plants back online ahead of the upcoming winter, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, says The Daily Caller. By NICK POPE Germany, which has spent\u00a0hundreds of billions\u00a0of dollars to enact the green energy transition, will reactivate several coal-fired units in order to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":285300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A country on the forefront of the green transition will put several mothballed coal-fired power plants back online ahead of the upcoming winter, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, says The Daily Caller.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691824036,691818051,691820837,691824035,691818626],"class_list":{"0":"post-285292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-energy-minister-robert-habeck","9":"tag-germany","10":"tag-green-transition","11":"tag-nuclear-reactors","12":"tag-russian-gas","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0solar-with-wind-turbines-wide.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1cdu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":212800,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=212800","url_meta":{"origin":285292,"position":0},"title":"Reality Bites: Germany\u2019s Wind &#038; Solar Transition Declared Abject Failure","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The German government\u2019s cultish obsession with wind and solar is a mixture of wishful thinking and mass delusion. 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