15 percent of the electricity consumed in Germany is produced in gas-fired power plants. Many of the power plants also provide heat.
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Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics wants to react to bottlenecks in the gas supply by shutting down gas-fired power plants. The basis for this is laid with a law that the ministry of Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) put in the departmental vote on Tuesday.
The law includes various regulations in the event of an “imminent gas shortage”. This includes an ordinance authorization with which the use of gas-fired power plants can be subject to a so-called malus for a maximum period of six months.
This penalty means that “gas power plants are usually no longer economical and are therefore no longer operated,” according to government circles.
15 percent of the electricity is generated in gas-fired power plants
By restricting the use of gas-fired power plants, gas reserves are to be conserved. This is based on the fear that Russia will limit or stop supplying natural gas. Germany is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas supplies.
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