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Kate Connolly in Berlin

Germany puts coal power plant back on network after gas supply cut

A coal-fired power plant in Germany
The revival of a coal-fired power plant in Germany has been described by a minister as a necessary evil. Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/AFP/Getty Images

A coal-fired power plant that had been mothballed has become the first of its kind to be put back on to the network in Germany, as debate rages over how Europe’s largest economy will cope without Russian gas.

The facility in Lower Saxony, which is owned by the Czech energy company EGH, has received emergency permission to run until April in an attempt to boost energy production.

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