Tag: Strompreise Deutschland
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When electricity is worth nothing – but costs billions
According to grid settlement accounts, €16.5 billion in subsidies were paid out in 2025. And that despite: Particularly explosive: Even when plants have to be shut down, operators continue to receive up to 95 percent of their compensation. That means: payments are made.Even when nothing is produced. The risk is not borne by the investor.The risk is borne by society. The schizophrenia of the system The absurd part: at midday Read more
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Ibbenbüren Blown Up: 840 Megawatts Gone – and Germany Applauds
On February 22, 2026, it exploded in Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia. 600 kilograms of explosives. A 275-meter-tall smokestack. And with it: 840 megawatts of secured capacity. The former hard coal power plant is history. What reliably supplied electricity for decades – dispatchable, predictable, stable – was celebrated as a “milestone of the energy transition.” A milestone. Toward the abyss. 840 megawatts – simply wiped out. The hard coal power plant Read more