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End of coal-fired power plant in Oberföhring decided - but new plans annoy climate protectors

2021-01-30T07:40:44.846Z


In 2017, the people of Munich decided in a referendum: The coal-fired power plant in Oberföhring should be shut down - if possible by 2022.


In 2017, the people of Munich decided in a referendum: The coal-fired power plant in Oberföhring should be shut down - if possible by 2022.

Munich - The wind whirls 22 black balloons

back and forth

on the

power plant site in Unterföhring

.

They stand for 22 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, for which the

Stadtwerke München (SWM)

are responsible,

according to

environmentalists

, if they - as planned -

build

a

new gas-fired power

plant.

Around 40 supporters of the citizens' initiatives “Fossil free Munich” and “Raus aus der Steinkohle” demonstrated against the controversial project on Friday - first in Unterföhring, then on

Marienplatz *

.

Background: SWM decided

to build

a so-called

gas and steam turbine power plant (CCGT)

in Unterföhring

.

On the one hand, this could

generate electricity

efficiently

, but at the same time also

generate heat

for the Munich and southern Bavarian district heating networks.

It is intended to replace the coal-fired Block 2 in the Nord Heizkraftwerk, the end of which the Munich-based

citizens

voted

for in 2017

.

The completion of the new combined cycle power plant is planned for 2026/2027, only after that the old coal-fired power plant could go offline.

Munich: Protests against coal-fired power plants - "Many more years of large CO2 emissions"

"After the coal block has been shut down, the new power plant will generate

large CO2 emissions

for many years to come,

" protester Helmut Paschlau criticizes.

He was a member of the Energy Commission of the

City of Munich *

and was once

jointly responsible

for the

construction of the coal-fired power plant

as SWM's commercial project manager

.

“At that time, nobody knew anything about CO2 emissions,” he says.

Today he is certain that continuing to rely on fossil fuels is irresponsible to the younger generation.

Especially since Munich has set itself the ambitious goal of being

climate neutral by 2035

.

"Building a gas-fired power plant now is

not justifiable in terms of climate policy,

" the 69-year-old complains.

The SWM see an improvement through the new building: The CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity should be reduced to

less than a third of the current value

with the CCGT 3

.

Not enough for climate protectors.

Munich: Protests against coal power plant - community wants to prevent project

For their part, the municipal utilities argue that in

20 years' time

the CCGT could be operated in a

climate-neutral

manner

with hydrogen or biomethane

- but it is still not certain whether these energy alternatives will be sufficiently available in the future.

There is also headwind from the municipality of Unterföhring: They want to

prevent

the

project by means of a development plan

.

Meanwhile, the power plant opponents want a different solution: They are demanding the

expansion of several small power plants

in Munich.

“That could be the solution to the supply gap,” says Paschlau.

An agreement in the

dispute over the new power plant

is far from in sight.

(Stéphanie Mercier) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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