Germany’s giant power firm, LEAG, has announced it will transform its lignite-fired thermal power plants intowith a capacity between 7 GW and 14 GW. The company has a target to install between 7 GW and 14 GW of wind and solar energy capacity, and another 3 GWh of storage capacity and 2 GW for green hydrogen production in the Lusatia region in Eastern Germany by 2040.
Last year, the Washington Post reported that coal mines and power plants that closed 10 years ago in Germanyin what industry observers have dubbed a “spring” for Germany’s coal-fired power plants. That’s a big U-turn considering that Germany's goal had been to phase out all coal-generated electricity by 2038.
Other European countries such as Austria, Poland, the Netherlands and Greece have also started restarting coal plants.
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