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German opposition leader promises to build 50 gas-fired power plants if elected
- a day ago (2025-01-20)
- David Flin
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU conservative group and leading in the polls to be Germany’s next Chancellor, has promised that 50 new gas-fired power plants will be built in the country if he wins the election on February 23.
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Merz said: “We need to build 50 gas-fired plants in Germany as quickly as possible, which will be connected to the grid immediately.” He said that it had been “a serious strategic mistake” by Scholz’s government to “shut down the last three nuclear power plants that guaranteed reliable power generation in the middle of the energy crisis.”
Gas-fired electricity production rose by a record 79 per cent in November on the month before as utilities struggled to offset a second month of below average output from wind farms. Wind power output was 25 per cent below previous year levels in October and November due to slow wind speeds. Wind farms supplied 27 per cent of German utility electricity in 2023.