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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fucking great. From the summary let's hope they only use it if they actually run out of NG.

[–] Chup@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

A coal plant takes weeks to start up, so I assume those reactivated plants from the emergency reserve will have to run the whole winter duration at least at low power. So in case of a very cold winter and gas shortage, the emergency plants can be turned up.

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are already in use and currently producing 2x the amount of energy as our gas plants. This is about starting up additional ones for winter.