German Chancellor Olaf Scholz issued an order on Monday to the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Finance to prepare the necessary legislative acts to enable a nuclear power plant Delivery 2, Neckarwestheim 2 And Emsland use until April 15, 2023, in order to reduce the negative consequences that can be caused by the lack of energy resources during the winter. At the same time, he asked ministries to come up with an “ambitious” plan to increase energy efficiency, as well as a binding agreement, which provides for the complete abandonment of the use of coal by 2030.
On Friday, the Greens of the German ruling coalition decided to keep two nuclear power plants in southern Germany in reserve, but called for the Emsland nuclear power plant in the north-west of the country to be abandoned by the end of the year. On the other hand, the Free Democrats (FDP) wanted to keep all three nuclear power plants until 2024.
Germany’s phasing out of nuclear power plants began in 2000, when the then Green-Social Democratic government shut down several nuclear power plants. A few years later, the conservative government of the Christian Democrats (CDU) under the leadership of Angela Merkel also decided to close the remaining nuclear power plants.
