Other European countries now find it necessary to crank up the coal-fired power plants…
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220620-dutch-join-ge…
The Hague (AFP) – The Dutch joined Germany and Austria in reverting to coal power on Monday following an energy crisis provoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Netherlands said it would lift all restrictions on power stations fired by the fossil fuel, which were previously limited to just over a third of output.
Berlin and Vienna made similar announcements on Sunday as Moscow, facing biting sanctions over Ukraine, cuts gas supplies to energy-starved Europe.
The Netherlands? From the link above…
The Dutch are less reliant, depending on Russia for around 15 percent of their gas supplies compared to the EU average of 40 percent. But they are still concerned.
That is strange. There was a recent thread here about how the Dutch have so much natural gas, they can supply the EU.
- Pete