Germany and now the Netherlands have switched back to coal fired...

Germany and now the Netherlands have switched back to coal fired power plants. I guess they want to keep the lights on.

The Netherlands revives its coal-fired power sector


The Netherlands removed any limits on power production from coal-fired plants to help ensure energy security, joining other European countries in turning to the heavily polluting fossil fuel to stave off potential shortages of Russian natural gas.
The Cabinet will immediately change a law that forced coal-fired power stations to operate at a maximum 35 per cent of capacity in order to limit carbon-dioxide emissions, Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said during a press conference in The Hague. The plants now can operate at full capacity through 2024.
“Without additional measures, it is no longer guaranteed that we, in Europe and the Netherlands, will be able to fill the gas storage facilities sufficiently in preparation for the winter,” Jetten said.
The decision comes amid similar moves by the German and Austrian governments, which revived coal production in response to a cut in Russian gas supplies. Moscow slashed deliveries through the Nord Stream pipeline to just 40 per cent of capacity, an apparent retaliation over Europe’s support for Ukraine.
The capacity limit for three coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands only started January 1, with the hopes of ending their production by 2030. The government said on Monday the plants now will be allowed to produce at full capacity, “reducing the risk of gas shortages and making it easier to fill the gas storage facilities in the Netherlands and Europe”.
“We had to make difficult choices,” Jetten said.