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The Dutch cabinet has already decided to close 8 coal plants - there will only be 3 remaining [1]. Having said that - the power supply gap will now be fed from
by Osiris30 11y ago
The Dutch cabinet has already decided to close 8 coal plants - there will only be 3 remaining [1]. Having said that - the power supply gap will now be fed from imports - and critics are claiming that those imports are more carbon intensive. A report has been commissioned...
[1] http://www.nltimes.nl/2016/04/11/dutch-cabinet-to-close-two-more-coal-plants/ http://www.nltimes.nl/2016/04/11/dutch-cabinet-to-close-two-...
- strommen 11y agoTough to get more carbon-intensive than coal! Seriously, from a GHG perspective anything is better. So good for them.
- awinter-py 11y agoGerman utilities have been complaining for years that excess german solar capacity is forcing them to run their dynamos below capacity, i.e. inefficiently. If the german plants gain that efficiency back by supplying dutch demand, sounds okay to me.