Research and Markets: Opportunity for Thermal Power Scale-Up as Germany Turns Away from Nuclear

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fa692d/opportunity_for_th) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Opportunity for Thermal Power Scale - up as Germany Turns Away from Nuclear" to their offering.

“Opportunity for Thermal Power Scale - up as Germany Turns Away from Nuclear”

Opportunity for Thermal Power Scale - up as Germany Turns Away from Nuclear

As Germany accelerates towards a complete nuclear phase out, the gap created in the country's energy mix will present opportunities for scaling up other power generation resources. Due to increased safety concerns with the use of nuclear power in Germany, growing public discontent and increased political pressure forced the government to recently announce the complete phase out of its nuclear generation capacity by 2022.

The recent nuclear crisis in Japan acted as a stimulus by further accelerating the phase out process. The government, while announcing the phasing out of all the nuclear power plants in Germany, also declared that they will further develop renewable energy generation sources as a replacement. However, within a few days of this announcement the government was already trying to make arrangements with Russia and Australia to secure their energy supplies. Russia supplies natural gas to Germany while Australia is the largest coal exporter in the world. The German government realizes that scaling-up renewable energy resources, which are still expensive and intermittent, will require further development in order to fully substitute the entire nuclear capacity of the country. Therefore, in order to achieve energy security and reliability with sustainable economic growth, the country cannot look away from the thermal power resources, still contributing to more than half of the total generation capacity in the shorter term. The unfolding events as Germany turns away from nuclear power have presented an opportunity for thermal power scale-up in the country.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Tables of Contents

2 Summary

3 Opportunity for Thermal Power Scale-Up as Germany Turns Away from Nuclear

3.1 Political Pressure leads to the Phasing out of Nuclear Power by 2022

3.2 Increasing Safety Concerns Reducing the Share of Nuclear Installed Capacity

3.3 Thermal Power Dominance Continues to Impact the Generation Mix in Germany

3.3.1 Coal Accessibility Driving the Scale-up Of Coal-Fired Plants

3.3.2 Increasing Shale Gas Discoveries in Europe could Boost Gas-fired Capacity

3.3.3 Intermittence of Renewable Sources Creates Another Avenue of Opportunity

3.3.4 Rising Concerns due to Hydropower Plants Environmental Impacts

3.4 Regulatory Framework to Support Thermal Power Scale-up

3.4.1 Thermal Power is the Only Replacement Option Providing Electricity Security

3.4.2 Promoting CCS Technology for Thermal Power Plants Emission Control

4 Appendix

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