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On April 15, Germany finally says goodbye to nuclear power.

  • While many other EU countries continue to rely on nuclear power, Germany will shut down its last three nuclear power plants on April 15.
  • The fear of power outages and rising electricity prices is great. In order to avoid both, Germany is increasingly relying on French nuclear power.
  • But the exit can also offer new impetus for Germany: an accelerated expansion of renewable energies, new gas-fired power plants and more innovation through hydrogen technology.
  • Eon boss Leonhard Birnbaum sees the exit from coal in 2030 in danger if investment decisions are not made quickly. Read why here.

Nuclear power splits Germany – until shortly before the end. “It’s a typical green double standard that Robert Habeck prefers to produce dirty electricity from coal than to use clean nuclear power,” criticizes Martin Huber. The CSU general secretary wants the remaining three German nuclear power plants to “continue to run at least through the winter of 2023/24”, which is good for the climate and could “significantly reduce the price of electricity”.

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