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07 Sep 2018

Germany’s ‘strategic reserves’ for coal under fire in EU Council - report

EurActiv

A group of seven countries – comprising France, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Ireland and the UK – have issued a common position on the reform of Europe’s electricity market, saying “strategic reserves” for electricity should not receive favourable treatment from regulators, reports EurActiv. “The statement is a clear reference to Germany, which closed eight lignite power plants in 2015 and transferred them into a “strategic reserve” that can be used as back-up in case of emergency,” writes EurActiv.

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Find background in the 鶹 news piece Despite February ruling, EU could again question funding for Germany’s security standby of lignite plants and the factsheet Germany's new power market design.

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