Stadtwerke Munich: End of coal burning this summer.. As of: March 17, 2024, 12:04 p.m By: Sascha Karowski The northern thermal power plant will be converted to natural gas this year.
In Unit 2 at HKW Nord, hard coal has been burned to generate heat and electricity. Almost 95 percent of Germany's natural gas requirements are imported. In 2021, Mayor Dieter Reiter and SWM boss Florian Bieberbach announced that the state capital would stop burning coal and generating energy from nuclear power.