The hard coal-fired Staudinger 5 plant is set to produce electricity and heat during the summer months again, for the summer months June to August 2019 and 2020, following an announcement to this effect by Uniper, which operates the plant.
Uniper had announced the temporary closure of Staudinger 5 during the summer months (June through August) for 2018-2020 pursuant to the Energy Industry Act and the Network Reserve Directive. The plant was idled during the three summer months in 2018.
The Staudinger plant in Grosskrotzenburg is the largest conventional power plant in the state of Hesse. The coal-fired block 5 (510 megawatts net capacity) was put in operation in 1992 and produces electricity primarily for the electricity market in the mid-load range.
The decision to reopen follows firmer power prices, but comes to demonstrate the false statements that qualify EVs as zero emissions. As a matter of fact, electric vehicles charged from electricity from the Staudinger 5 plant will be highly polluting coal driven cars.
Natural Gas and biomethane vehicles, on the other hand, are cleaner and more sustainable, now and in the future.