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Germany’s Coal Phase-Out Plan Is Unrealistic, Lobby Chief Says

  • Government has failed to incentivize investments: Russwurm
  • BDI boss ‘can’t imagine’ rapid gas-fired plant construction
Uniper’s Scholven coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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The head of Germany’s industry lobby said the government may fail to phase out coal-fired power plants ahead of schedule because it lacks a strategy to provide incentives for the construction of new gas stations.

“It is extremely annoying that we could find ourselves in a situation where we have to continue operating coal-fired power plants for longer because there is not enough other reserve capacity,“ German newswire DPA cited BDI lobby chief Siegfried Russwurm as saying.