The Eastern Representative of the SPD and Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Dulig, warned against losing the trust of the people in the affected regions in the discussion about an early coal phase-out.
These need "security as soon as possible".
The 2030 point in time contained in the exploratory paper of the SPD, Greens and FDP is nothing else than what had already been laid down in the coal compromise with certain exit criteria.
Dresden - "That means that the conditions must first be created for an earlier exit," said Dulig of the Dresden newspaper "Sächsische Zeitung" (Wednesday).
The decisive factor now is a rapid expansion of renewable energies.
Above all, Saxony has "a lot of catching up to do," said Dulig.
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The coal phase-out has so far been scheduled for 2038 at the latest, but an earlier phase-out is possible.
According to the Federal Government, it will be checked in 2026, 2029 and 2032 whether the end date for all closures of lignite and hard coal power plants that are planned for the period after 2030 will be brought forward by three years and thus the phase-out year of 2035 can be reached.
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