Coal-fired power plants: Eastern prime ministers see problems
Created: 07/08/2022Updated: 07/08/2022 12:22 p.m
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Jänschwalde lignite-fired power plant of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG).
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The prime ministers of the eastern German lignite states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg see legal problems in operating coal-fired power plants from the reserve.
In a letter to Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens), they therefore ask for “a uniform federal exception”.
The letter was available to the German Press Agency;
Dresden - the editorial network Germany (RND) had previously reported on Friday.
The power plant blocks in the security reserve, which are to be transferred to the "supply reserve" from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024, no longer meet the stricter immission control requirements last year, explained Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Reiner Haseloff (CDU) and Dietmar Woidke (SPD).
Retrofitting is ruled out until next winter.
The energy company Leag had already referred to this.
Individual exemptions are also not realistic due to the length of the procedure.
According to the heads of government, the opencast mines from which the lignite comes also need legal certainty.
"For this reason, the federal legislature should also expressly state the energy policy and energy industry necessity of opencast lignite mines for a secure supply of electricity and heat by March 31, 2024." dpa