Olaf Scholz Advocates Extending The Life Of German Nuclear Power Plants
He said the three plants due to close at the end of this year represented only a “small percentage” of Germany’s total electricity capacity. “But it might make sense” to let them run longer, he added. Scholz said the authorities would “draw our conclusions” from a stress test of the German electricity system currently underway and then decide what to do. The chancellor also laid the blame for delays in the development of a crucial turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Russia, accusing her of not delivering the equipment....