Germany’s environment minister is a member of the country’s Green Party, so she intends to oppose nuclear force on ideological grounds. But recent changes in Europe’s military landscape mean Steffi Lemke would likely have to change her mind.
Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported that Lemke could extend the life of the Isar 2. The nuclear power plant produces about 12% of Bavaria’s annual electricity and powers more than 3 million homes in Germany’s largest state. The financial pub translated Lemke’s comments on how he would react to “a serious power or grid problem” that were originally published Saturday in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, or FAZ. The minister has stated that she is ready to keep the plant running if the government deems it necessary.
Germany’s 3 remaining nuclear power plants generate about 6 of the country’s total electricity production and are expected to be shut down in December, FAZ reported last week. But those plans were drawn up before Russia invaded Ukraine and replaced everything.
Although Bloomberg claims that an earlier report did not uncover serious energy problems in Germany’s near future, Economy Minister Robert Habeck called for another. Getting things right is vital, as Russia’s bloody war affects energy materials across the continent. France struggled to get through the bloodless spring and called on citizens to reduce their energy consumption, making it much harder to justify shutting down energy production that may be just Germany’s neighbor.
London came close to suffering a blackout last week after an unprecedented heatwave, and some Germans showered bloodless this week as Russia cut off fuel supplies to the country.
“I don’t see how we in the EU intend to close the operational force plants for ideological reasons when France fears a blackout,” Christian Duerr, a German parliament official, told Welt am Sonntag on Saturday via Bloomberg. “This debate is not just about us, but also about our neighbors. “
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