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According to experts who spoke to "Sky News Arabia"the political and economic pressures that continue on Berlinprompted even the most environmentally conscious parties, such as the Green Party, to retreat little by little from its anti-environment principles.coal stoneware;
A study is now underway to restart the idle coal plants to generate electricity, in the event of cutting off shipments Russian gas or decide to lay off it.
Coal-fired power plants were supposed to be idle this year and next, as part of the country’s plan to phase out coal by 2030.
German Chancellor Olaf Schultz announced that his country is working to dispense with Russian oil this year, and with regard to gas, it will take to reduce the share of Russian natural gas imports to 24 percent until the summer of 2024, saying that "Germany is actively working to free itself from Russian gas".
And last week, the German chancellor toured Africa, including Senegal, where Berlin is interested in agreeing to obtain a share of the production of a large gas field currently being explored in the African country.
Russian oil now accounts for 25 percent of German imports, down from 35 percent before the Russian military operation in Ukraine, gas imports have fallen to 40 percent from 55 percent, and Russian hard coal imports are down to 25 percent from 50 percent.
Strategy change
According to the journalist specializing in economic affairs, Abdul Rahman Ayas, Germany, which has the largest economy in Europe and the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world, set before the Ukraine war the year 2045 to reach net zero in terms of carbon emissions, but it was forced to stop permitting work on the pipeline. "Nord Stream 2" Which brings Russian gas to it, and to implement a European plan to rid the continent of dependence on Russian oil within months, making the transition to clean energy in stages a difficult issue to achieve.
Ayas is due to the lack of immediate alternatives to importing oil and gas away from Russia, pointing out that the German Central Bank did not rule out a two-month contraction this year, with the economy returning to growth in 2023 and 2024, but at lower rates than was expected after lifting restrictions. imposed due to an epidemic "corona".
decrease consumption
The expert residing in Berlin, Zahi Allawi, also warns, regarding the issue of alternatives, that "The reserve stock of gas in Germany is not enough for a long time, hence the need to demand the rationalization of energy consumption, perhaps helping to increase the stock, and the improvement in the weather towards warmth will reduce energy consumption, but this will not replace the alternatives.
Hence, according to Allawi, the study of returning to dependence on coal, despite its harm to the environment, came about, and even the Green Party is considering abandoning the principles of not using coal.
Germany has about 6 gigawatts of facilities that are currently part of national reserves, 4.3 gigawatts of coal plants and 1.6 gigawatts of oil facilities, many of which were supposed to be closed under the coal phase-out plan.
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According to experts who spoke to “Sky News Arabia”, the political and economic pressures that continue on Berlinprompted even the most environmentally conscious parties, such as the Green Party, to retreat little by little from its anti-environment principles.coal stoneware;
A study is now underway to restart the idle coal plants to generate electricity, in the event of cutting off shipments Russian gas or decide to lay off it.
Coal-fired power plants were supposed to be idle this year and next, as part of the country’s plan to phase out coal by 2030.
German Chancellor Olaf Schultz announced that his country is working to dispense with Russian oil this year, and with regard to gas, it will take to reduce the share of Russian natural gas imports to 24 percent until the summer of 2024, saying that “Germany is actively working to free itself from Russian gas.”
And last week, the German chancellor toured Africa, including Senegal, where Berlin is interested in agreeing to obtain a share of the production of a large gas field currently being explored in the African country.
Russian oil now accounts for 25 percent of German imports, down from 35 percent before the Russian military operation in Ukraine, gas imports have fallen to 40 percent from 55 percent, and Russian hard coal imports are down to 25 percent from 50 percent.
Strategy change
According to the journalist specializing in economic affairs, Abdul Rahman Ayas, Germany, which has the largest economy in Europe and the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world, set before the Ukraine war the year 2045 to reach net zero in terms of carbon emissions, but it was forced to stop permitting work on the pipeline. Nord Stream 2″, to which Russian gas is transported, and to implement a European plan to rid the continent of dependence on Russian oil within months, makes the transition to clean energy in stages difficult to achieve.
Ayas is due to the lack of immediate alternatives to importing oil and gas away from Russia, pointing out that the German Central Bank did not rule out a two-month contraction this year, with the economy returning to growth in 2023 and 2024, but at lower rates than was expected after lifting restrictions. imposed due to the Corona epidemic.
decrease consumption
The expert residing in Berlin, Zahi Allawi, also warns, regarding the issue of alternatives, that “the gas reserve in Germany is not sufficient for a long time, hence the need to demand the rationalization of energy consumption, perhaps helping to increase the stock, and the improvement of the weather towards warmth.” It will reduce energy consumption, but this will not replace the alternatives.
Hence, according to Allawi, the study of returning to dependence on coal, despite its harm to the environment, came about, and even the Green Party is considering abandoning the principles of not using coal.
Germany has about 6 gigawatts of facilities that are currently part of national reserves, 4.3 gigawatts of coal plants and 1.6 gigawatts of oil facilities, many of which were supposed to be closed as part of the coal phase-out plan.