This weekend, Germany will shut down its final three nuclear reactors.

 

(Reuters) BERLIN Germany will shut down its final three nuclear reactors on Saturday this week in hopes of accomplishing its green energy aspirations without the need for nuclear power. Faced with the energy crisis created by the Ukraine war. On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, the AFP news agency published this.

The Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2, and Emsland nuclear reactors are the final three ones still in operation in Germany. Since 2002, Germany has worked to reduce its reliance on nuclear energy. The three reactors' initial shutdown date was set for December 31, 2022, however it was moved up to April 15, 2023.

Since 2003, Germany has shut down 16 nuclear reactors in total. Germany, the biggest economy in Europe, is still having trouble, even though many Western nations are expanding their usage of nuclear energy as they switch to greener, less harmful fuels. abide by its decision to stop utilizing nuclear power.

In contrast to the approximately 31% of operational nuclear reactors in 1997, Germany's electricity supply last year came from the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2, and Emsland reactors only to the tune of 6%. In contrast, renewable energy made up 46% of Germany's energy in 2022, down from 25% a decade earlier.

However, Germany's aim of closing all remaining coal-fired power plants in the nation means that the current state of renewable energy production will not be sufficient for the country to meet its objectives. By 2038, with the first round's start date set for 2030. Germany now gets a third of its electricity from coal, and last year it increased by 8% after losing power to Russia due to the Ukraine crisis.