Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over the next nineteen years

Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by adrianN on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:02AM (#20712539)

By 2038. That's incompatible with the Paris agreement.

As a reaction to ongoing protests the government has started a so-called Climate Cabinet, that's working on plans to reduce GHG emissions sufficiently to limit warming to below 2°. They're supposed to present their results in about a month.

Incidentally, Friday's For Future is calling for a global climate strike on September 20th. Probably there is a demo in your city too. Join if you can.

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by quonn on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:08AM (#20712576)

We (the people of Munich) tried to get our local coal plant to close in 2022. We voted last year and the outcome was essentially ignored. Now it will shut down in 2030. Too little, too late. And Munich could have afforded it easily.

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by tjansen on Friday August 16, 2019 @03:51AM (#20713005)

But to replace it with what? I assume not with solar and wind, as that would mean that you won't have electricity on windstill nights.

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by adrianN on Friday August 16, 2019 @04:07AM (#20713081)

Solar, wind, storage and an improved grid. It's always windy somewhere.

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by quonn on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:23AM (#20715421)

Even modern natural gas plants would have just half the emissions.

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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by JumpCrisscross on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:25AM (#20712655)

> That's incompatible with the Paris agreement

Honest question: is this still seen, internationally, as a serious agreement?

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