The elimination of coal e -words is still in the ear, and environmental protection pioneer Germany wants to drive reversal

Nstallat, Germany, cooling tower of the lignal power plant of Energy Giant Rhein Group.

As a European environmental protection vanguard, in March this year, the German government proposed that renewable energy power generation in 2035 will reach 100%. However, only four months later, the German government changed its mouth to use more coal power to eliminate the original plan, and called on the reserve coal power station to put into operation as soon as possible. On July 8, the German Parliament canceled the target of renewable energy power generation in 2035.

Ambitions to eliminate coal power

In 2019, the German government announced its strategy of eliminating coal power and will end coal power at the end of 2038. In April 2021, then the then Prime Minister Merkel promised to completely abandon coal to 2030 in advance, and increased renewable energy from 46%in 2020 to 65%in 2030.

After Merkel left his office, the Green Party, known as the pioneer of environmental protection, participated in the pavilion. In April 2022, the Tshuz government further proposed that by 2030 renewable energy power generation reached 80%, and by 2035, almost all electricity goals provided by renewable energy.

Reduce shower and save energy

Merkel originally planned to import more Russian natural gas through the Beixi 2 pipeline and gradually replaced coal power. However, under the US sanctions and the interference of the Green Party, although Beixi 2 was barely built during its term, it did not open.

On July 11, Lubming, Germany, the natural gas pipeline of Beixi No. 1 natural gas receiving compression stations.

After the Green Party came to power, No. 2 Beixi was completely shelved, and another Russian Qi Imported Pipeline Beixi No. 1 recently entered the annual repair period and stopped transporting natural gas to Europe.

In order to deal with Russia's natural gas supply significantly, the German government issued a statement a few days ago. In order to avoid the difficulty of heating in winter, it will turn to more use of coal power that was originally planned to be eliminated, and called on the reserve coal power station to put into operation as soon as possible.

On June 23, Berlin, Germany, Vice Premier and Economic and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck showed a chart predicting the level of natural gas storage at the energy supply safety press conference.

German Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic and Climate Protection, Robert Habeck, a member of the Green Party, said: "This is painful, but in this case, the amount of natural gas must be reduced." Regarding the use of coal power, Habeck said The move violated the principle of the Green Party, but Germany had to increase the combustion of coal. Habeck said that Germany will formulate laws through urgent formulation and temporarily restore the operation of up to 10 gigresses to idle coal -fired power plants for two years. This will increase Germany's dependence on coal power by one -third.

Habeck also called on the Germans to reduce the shower time in order to save energy. "I follow the advice of the department (requiring energy saving) to greatly shorten the length of the bath. At the same time, I also go home very late. I get up at 6 am and go home at 7 in the evening. In this way, there is no need to warm up in winter. ","

Restarting coal is helpless. Without energy, family and enterprises will be huge. Earlier, the German chemical giant BASF warned that without sufficient natural gas, its largest Ludwig Port Factory would be completely stopped. In order to keep the industry, Germany can only shift to high -polluting coal to provide energy.

On July 8th, the German Parliament canceled the target of renewable energy power generation in 2035, and only retained the target of 80%of renewable energy power generation in 2030.

European Return to Coal Age

As a European country, Germany has always been the main force to promote the green process of the European Union, and has been labeling with advanced and sustainable development of technology. However, since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany has repeatedly repeatedly reused environmental protection issues, reflecting the energy dilemma faced by the entire European Union.

At the beginning of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, the European Union had launched an ambitious energy plan that increased renewable energy from 40%to 45%in 2030, and got rid of dependence on Russian fossil fuels by 2030. However, this plan was greatly modified at the meeting of EU Energy Ministers last month, and renewable energy targets returned to 40%.

France is ready to restart the "laid -off" coal -fired power plant just "laid off" in March

In fact, France and Austria have planned to restart the formerly abandoned coal -fired power plants. The Netherlands has also lifted restrictions on coal -fired power generation, and coal -fired power plants in various countries operate at full load to meet their power needs.

"Back to the era of coal", the German "Times Weekly" reported that the German government requires the public and enterprises to save natural gas, and lign -coal power plants can start power generation again in "foreseeable time".

The comprehensive retrogression of EU environmental protection policies is also helpless under weighing. After all, while "shortness of breath", coal is not so burn.

On May 2nd, the Port of Duisburg, Germany, the cranes removed the cigarette coal from the barrier.

Reuters reports that Australian coal merchants are already at the upper limit of output and are unlikely to meet the additional supply in Europe. According to S & P global data, since the beginning of Russia and Ukraine's conflict, the price of coal of Indonesia has risen from US $ 79.05/ton on February 24 to $ 85.95/ton on June 21. During the same period, the price of South African coal rose from $ 231.9/ton to $ 290.60/ton.

(Volkswagen · Poster News Editor Jiang Hui Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, Global Times, Finance News Agency, etc.)

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