The head of the German government believes that in connection with Russia’s gas blackmail, Berlin needs to look for additional sources of energy, in particular, nuclear power plants, to make up for the lack of Russian gas supplies.
The closure of the last three nuclear power plants in Germany, scheduled for the end of 2022, had to be postponed. This was announced on Wednesday, August 3, by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during an inspection of the Nord Stream gas turbine, which Russia used as an excuse to start gas blackmail.
“This can make sense, because the level of development of renewable energy is very different in the different federal states, in Bavaria, for example, wind energy is developing very slowly,” he said.
The country’s gas storage facilities are filling up fast and their gas levels are already higher than in previous years, Scholz said while inspecting a Siemens turbine for Nord Stream. The head of the German government ruled out the possibility of launching the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite the fact that the Kremlin is trying to push Germany to do so.
It should be noted that last month Scholz told the Bundestag that the extension of the service life of German nuclear power plants is not necessary. He said their closure will not affect the power system.
However, today the situation has changed, and Germany is forced to look for additional sources of energy to fill the shortage that has arisen due to a sharp reduction in natural gas supplies from Russia.
Recall that Germany has now reduced the share of Russian gas imports from 55% to 30%.
Earlier in Germany, they said that private households and industrial enterprises were able to reduce gas consumption from 5% to 7%.
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