German Chancellor Scholz speaks out against new nuclear power, Deutschlandfunk reports
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he is against a new nuclear power debate in the country, in an interview released late on Friday with German radio station Deutschlandfunk.

Growth in german wind capacity is slowing. Soo… then the plan is to keep on with lignite and gas? Am I missing something?

Installed Wind Capacty - Germany

German Wind Capacity

  • Blake [he/him]
    316·
    1 year ago

    This is just more reasons to prioritise the already cheaper renewables, isn’t it?

    • regul@lemm.ee
      52·
      1 year ago

      I feel like climate change makes this a yes and situation.

      • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
        41·
        1 year ago

        It is not a yes and, because urgency favors renewables even more. If it wouldn’t be for bureaucratic and political hurdles, from planning to operation is about 2 years for onshore wind and solar sites. For things like retrofitting a small solar plant on a residential or industrial building it can be as short as three months and for balcony solar power as a small hobby project it is as little as a day of planning + the delivery time + a day of installation.

        Nuclear plants on the other side take minimum a decade, more likely two decades and that is despite strong political and bureaucratic support that is needed to get it going at all. Otherwise with citizens protest it would stay in court indefenitely.