The German Greens, noted for dismissing reality, will be raptly watching the destruction of the two boiler units of the Hamburg/Moorburg coal-fired power house this coming Saturday. A 3 billion Euro project that came on-line in 2015, the idea of efficient, relatively clean, electricity was so repellent to the likes of Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck and Hamburg's Senator for the Environment Jens Kerstan that it was only allowed to produce power until 2021 and has been inoperative since. Demolition of one of the countries newest and most efficient hard coal plants began soon after.
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The plant was able to supply most of power required for the Hamburg area but its presence was a constant source of irritation to German environmental NGOs who were financed with taxpayer funds.
All is not lost however. While the boilers are no longer providing the steam to spin generators, the plant is being reconfigured into a hydrogen electrolyzer that will be in operation by 2027 to produce truly clean electricity.
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