Tag: gasfired
Brussels rejects federal government plans for new gas-fired power plants
Berlin At Industry Day, Chancellor Olaf Scholz was optimistic: “Only the approval of the EU Commission is still missing” for the construction of new gas-fired power plants, he said about…
Federal government underestimates the need for gas-fired power plants
Berlin An additional 25 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in gas-fired power plants: Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) expects this to be the case by 2030. According to this, 50…
Federal Ministry of Economics wants to promote the construction of gas-fired power plants
Berlin Wind and solar power are to replace nuclear and coal-fired power plants in Germany. Power plant capacity that is reliably available at all times is therefore becoming scarce. However,…
The use of gas-fired power plants is hardly decreasing
Berlin, Brussels The hoped-for savings in electricity generation in gas-fired power plants have not materialized in recent months. Figures from the Federal Network Agency (BNA) prove this. According to this,…
Industry wants to shut down gas-fired power plants immediately
Measuring instruments at a gas storage facility The risk of an acute gas shortage continues to escalate. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin The industry is convinced that the massive decline in…
Robert Habeck wants to shut down gas-fired power plants in an emergency
Lausward combined heat and power plant in Dusseldorf 15 percent of the electricity consumed in Germany is produced in gas-fired power plants. Many of the power plants also provide heat.…
Industry wants to limit the use of gas-fired power plants
Gas power plant in Leuna Gas-fired power plants were originally intended to play an important role in the transition to climate-friendly power generation. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Association of Industrial…
“Anyone who wants to phase out coal must not oppose new gas-fired power plants”
BDEW managing director Kerstin Andreae warns against a hasty exit from the use of natural gas. The politically defined goal of climate neutrality by 2045 is “extremely ambitious,” said Andreae…