Germany shutting down last 3 nuclear plants, relying on coal, natural gas during ‘clean’ energy push

Germany has begun dismantling its nuclear vitality infrastructure, claiming the nation will goal for a 100% renewable vitality methods.

The European monetary energy is shutting down its final three reactors — Emsland, Neckarwestheim II, and Isar II. 

“Nuclear energy provided electrical energy for 3 generations, however its legacy stays harmful for 30,000 generations,” German Surroundings Minister Steffi Lemke stated Saturday.

GERMAN GOVERNMENT DISMISSES CALLS TO DELAY THE SHUTDOWN OF COUNTRY’S LAST 3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

FILE – Water vapor rises from the cooling tower of nuclear energy plant of Neckarwestheim II in Neckarwestheim, Germany, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Picture/Michael Probst, File)

Environmentalists within the nation are celebrating the tip of what they imagine is a harmful energy supply — however critics are livid at what they are saying is a useless abandonment of valuable, clean energy.

“Whereas many nations on this planet are even increasing nuclear energy, Germany is doing the other,” Bavarian Governor Markus Soeder stated of the change in vitality coverage. 

GERMANY WILL KEEP 2 OF THEIR 3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS RUNNING AHEAD OF POSSIBLE ENERGY CRISIS

A mock-up dinosaur lies in entrance of the Brandenburg Gate throughout a rally marking the nuclear shutdown in Germany in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Picture/Markus Schreibe)

He added, “We want each doable type of vitality. In any other case, we threat greater electrical energy costs and companies shifting away.”

The three vegetation have been initially scheduled to close down on Dec. 31, 2022. 

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS, CITIZENS GEAR UP FOR WORSENING ENERGY CRISIS

Individuals attend a rally marking the nuclear shutdown in Germany in Munich, Germany, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (AP Picture/Matthias Schrader)

Chancellor Olaf ordered a postponement final yr amid issues that Germany would possibly face an energy shortage because of the warfare in Ukraine.

Lawmakers accredited the extension on the situation the vegetation, which started operation greater than 30 years in the past, would stop working by mid-April of this yr.

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FILE – Water vapor rises from the nuclear energy plant Isar II in Essenbach, Germany, March 3, 2022.  (Armin Weigel/dpa by way of AP, File)

The Related Press contributed to this report.