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By: Lisa Mayerhofer
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Thermal power plant on the Elbe: The transition to renewable energies requires reserve power plants.
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After a long struggle, the federal government has agreed on a strategy for building new hydrogen-capable gas power plants in Germany.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced this on Monday.
Berlin – The federal government has reached an agreement on the power plant strategy for future energy supply.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) had “agreed on the essential elements of a power plant strategy as well as specifications for further projects,” the federal government announced on Monday (February 5).
The strategy is intended to create a framework for investments “in modern, highly flexible and climate-friendly power plants” that can be converted to hydrogen in the future.
Power plant strategy: Climate-friendly electricity thanks to hydrogen
In addition to the “consistent expansion of renewable energies and electricity networks, the decarbonization and security of supply of our electricity system requires modern, highly flexible and climate-friendly power plants,” explained the federal government.
In particular, the power plants are intended to ensure the supply of climate-friendly electricity even in times with little sun and wind.
The power plants are to be financed with funds from the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF).
Specifically, the “traffic light” leaders agreed that new gas power plant capacities of up to four times 2.5 gigawatts would be put out to tender at short notice as part of the power plant strategy.
From a switchover date to be set in 2032, they should then switch completely to hydrogen “between 2035 and 2040”.
(lma/AFP/dpa)