> As planned, seven more lignite-fired power plant units in Germany will be shut down for good at the end of March. The decommissioning of all units had been planned earlier. In order to save natural gas in power generation during the energy crisis, the German government had taken five units out of the so-called supply reserve. Two further units were allowed to continue operating beyond the originally planned shutdown date. All were allowed to sell their electricity wholesale. At the end of the winter of 2023/24, it will finally be over.
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> As planned, seven more lignite-fired power plant units in Germany will be shut down for good at the end of March. The decommissioning of all units had been planned earlier. In order to save natural gas in power generation during the energy crisis, the German government had taken five units out of the so-called supply reserve. Two further units were allowed to continue operating beyond the originally planned shutdown date. All were allowed to sell their electricity wholesale. At the end of the winter of 2023/24, it will finally be over.
Last year, electricity from lignite (brown coal) went down to 80 TWh, the last time that happened was in the 1960s: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBua1v5W4AA6Gvq?format=jpg&name=4096×4096
It’s supposed to go to zero by 2030 according to current government plans, which will require massive investments in renewables to achieve 80% of total electricity production. In Q1 2024 so far, 61% of electricity produced came from renewables: https://www.energy-charts.info/charts/energy_pie/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&interval=quarter&year=2024