The planned exit strategy from Coal is cost from the point of view of RWE chief Rolf Martin Schmitz also Jobs in the energy group. RWE have taken in the Rhine area in the past years, the power plant blocks for the security readiness of the network, said Schmitz, the “Rheinische Post”. “Further closures are therefore all the more difficult, and then have a large impact on the mining system.”
will be affected, How many employees, he could not say. “But I reckon with a significant reduction already in 2023, that goes far beyond the previous plans and through normal attrition.”
The coal Commission had proposed in its Saturday report that was submitted as a quick introduction to the Coal phase-out by 2022 to take a total of seven gigawatts of coal capacity from the network, of which three gigawatts of brown coal. In the report, no concrete power to be called the works for decommissioning. No later than 2038 should be in Germany end of the coal-fired power generation.
Schmitz said: “This is a tour de force for all and can only succeed if the policy is actively supported and reliable. And even then, we will see whether such early exit date is at the end of at all possible.“
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The RWE-chief also commented to the hambach forest, the group for the brown coal mining actually, roden, and has become the Symbol of the Anti-coal movement. The coal Commission had referred to the preservation of the forest as “desirable”. Schmitz showed up here ready to talk. “We are going to examine what is feasible, taking into account the requirements of the further use of the open-cast mine and recultivation,” he said. “I’m going to assume that you will engage in dialogue with us.” (dpa)
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