BERLIN, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Germany is likely to generate more than 50% of its power from renewable energy this year but needs to ramp up the speed of its transition towards the end of the decade, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday.
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The nuclear plants that Germany shutdown were at end of life, with fuel rods only available from sanctioned Russia. They could not be retrofitted with other fuel rods, because nuclear technology isn’t flexible like that. These plants also had safety certs expiring, and certifying them with a new fuel rod “hack” would have been impossible.
In what way was it unreasonable for Germany to shut down EOL power plants that had no fuel source available?
