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Expensive electricity and bankruptcies: Does Germany need to go back to nuclear power?
euronews (in English)
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23/05/2025
Expensive electricity and bankruptcies: Does Germany need to go back to nuclear power?
Germany's new minister of economy wants more natural gas power stations and electricity subsidies. But is that enough to boost the economy?
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Germany, once the world market leader, today the sick man of Europe.
00:09
Electricity prices are exploding, steel giants have temporarily shut down production to survive.
00:15
Other companies are fleeing and relocating their production to Eastern Europe, China and out of Germany.
00:22
Entire industries are struggling, especially the automotive industry.
00:26
Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW are cutting thousands of jobs.
00:31
Made in Germany has become too expensive.
00:38
One of the biggest problems, energy costs.
00:41
The new Minister of Economic Affairs, Katerina Reisch, is also aware of this.
00:45
She wants to subsidize industrial electricity with the state.
00:49
But the EU is threatening not to participate.
00:52
Reisch also wants new gas-fired power plants.
00:55
But gas prices are higher than ever.
00:57
Does the Minister have the right formula to save the German economy?
01:01
Wer glaubt, dass die erneuerbaren Energien in Kombination mit Gaskraftwerken zu billigem Strom fĂĽhren,
01:07
der lebt in einer Traumwelt.
01:09
Weil die Leute, also viele blicken dann immer nur auf die Kosten quasi an der Solarzelle, am Windrad.
01:15
Und vor dem Hintergrund ist Frau Reiches, zumindest im Stand heute Politik,
01:20
eigentlich die Fortsetzung der Politik von Robert Habeck.
01:23
Und die ist aber nicht geeignet, ein Industrieland wie Deutschland
01:27
nachhaltig und gĂĽnstig mit Energie zu versorgen.
01:29
Ich persönlich hatte die Meinung zu fragen, was ich machen würde.
01:31
Ich hätte selbstverständlich zum einen den Atomausstieg nicht so vollzogen.
01:34
Man würde jetzt alles daran setzen, den Atomausstieg wieder rückgängig zu machen,
01:38
indem ich die alten Kraftwerke wieder reaktiviere.
01:42
Also mit Gaskraftwerken alleine senkt man den Strompreis nicht ab.
01:45
Die sind sehr teuer im Betrieb. Das Gas ist teuer.
01:47
Und dann kommen dann noch die CO2-Kosten obendrauf.
01:50
Also das wĂĽrde bedeuten, dass man so langfristig dauerhaft zwischen 150 und 200,
01:54
also 15 und 20 Cent pro Kilowattstunde Erzeugerpreise in Deutschland hätte.
01:59
Das ist zu teuer.
02:00
Damit wird man nicht wettbewerbsfähig.
02:02
Und tatsächlich eine Angebotsausweitung ist das einzige, was gegen eine Energiekrise hilft.
02:08
Und das besteht eben aus der RĂĽckholung der deutschen Kernkraftwerke,
02:12
aus einer heimischen Produktion von Erdgas und aus CCS,
02:17
das ist die CO2-Abscheidung von Kohlekraftwerken.
02:20
Wir haben fĂĽr 200 Jahre Kohle.
02:22
Also im Interesse der nationalen Sicherheit wäre es optimal, die Kohle weiter zu nutzen,
02:27
aber dann eben mit den entsprechenden Filtern.
02:29
In any case, lights are already going out in companies.
02:32
In 2024, Germany lost almost 200,000 companies,
02:37
a record which will continue into 2025.
02:40
The 1,626 bankruptcies in April alone surpassen figures from the 2008 global financial crisis.
02:48
Germany is still the third largest economy in the world,
02:51
but the future is not looking so bright.
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