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Germany to Bring Back Coal-Fired Power Plants (www.ntd.com)

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[–] Chup@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

A coal plant takes weeks to start up, so I assume those reactivated plants from the emergency reserve will have to run the whole winter duration at least at low power. So in case of a very cold winter and gas shortage, the emergency plants can be turned up.