The road to ambitious emission reductions targets might be paved with good intentions, but Europe seemingly didn’t factor in Vladimir Putin’s capacity to completely derail the path
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Having pledged to shut down its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2030, Germany will now fire up 10 gigawatts of mothballed plants, adding to its carbon emissions, which have rebounded since 2020. Miners kiss the last piece of coal during a farewell event for the German hard coal mining industry in 2018.Sweden and Denmark have followed Germany, Austria and the Netherlands in announcing emergency plans to preserve gas supplies last week. In all, 10 European Union states have now declared early warnings of a gas emergency. The Dutch joined the Germans and Austrians this week in reverting to coal power.
Birol said emergency measures taken by German this week to fire up coal power and reduce gas demand, were justified by the scale of the crisis despite concerns about rising carbon emissions.He said the increase in coal-fired generation was “temporary” and would help preserve gas supplies for heating in winter.
“We know that the energy mix and the plans of member states will adjust slightly because we are in an unexpected situation,” commission spokesman Tim McPhie told journalists.
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